Portrait of a “Marriage”: Radicals & the Democratic Party
Prof. James N. Gregory has performed a real service with his “Radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders” (re-posted.
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Why Labor Historians Should Remember Leslie Brown
Even if you did not know her personally, you should mourn Professor Leslie Brown, who passed away earlier this month. She was many.
- by Clarence Lang
- August 12, 2016
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Chasing Tax Cheats to Create Jobs: Why Don’t We Do That?
I’m guessing that tax collectors have never been a popular group, but we need thousands more of them, probably about 50,000 more. Why?.
- by Jack Metzgar
- August 6, 2016
Labor History
OpEd
James N. Gregory, “Radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders,” The Conversation (August 2, 2016)
As we watch Bernie Sanders’ supporters struggling to come to terms with the nomination of Hillary Clinton, it makes sense to ask why.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 4, 2016
OpEd
Leon Fink, “On Trade, Our Choices Aren’t Only Xenophobic Nationalism Or Neoliberal Globalization,”In These Times (August 2, 2016)
Few issues are receiving a more insipid—and thus more harmful—treatment in our public discourse than world trade. Along with immigration, “free trade” is.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 4, 2016
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Paul Robeson, Black Dockworkers, And Labor-Left Pan-Africanism
Paul Robeson was one of the greatest black internationalists of the twentieth century. A gifted actor and singer, he was also an unabashed.
- by Peter Cole
- August 4, 2016
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Greyhound Racing in Australia: The Demise of a Working-Class Pastime (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
The recent announcement that the New South Wales government in Australia was banning Greyhound racing starting in 2017 surprised many. They didn’t expect.
- by Sarah Attfield
- July 26, 2016
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Memories of Jim Green
When I moved to Boston in the fall of 1971, one of the first people I set out to meet was Jim Green,.
- by Jim O'Brien
- July 25, 2016
Labor History
Historical Marker for Sparrows Point Steel Mill
As part of our effort to make workers history public in the Baltimore area, we had a state historical marker erected in memory.
- by Bill Barry
- July 22, 2016
Activism
Call for Proposals
Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize 2016 Call for Entries
The New York Labor History Association is pleased to announce this Call for Entries for the Second Annual Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism.
- by Ryan Poe
- July 22, 2016