The Right’s Working-Class Philosopher
Original posted in Jacobin on September 2, 2014. Eric Hoffer was a conservative who only had the time to write because he was.
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OpEd
Teaching Blog
John McNay, “Attack on public school teachers seems like sour grapes”
In the United States, right-wing politicians have diligently worked to defund public education. Republicans have often done this in two major ways. They.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 10, 2014
OpEd
John McNay, “Senate Bill 5 remains an emblem of Kasich’s extreme agenda”
As Ohio voters consider whether to give John Kasich another four years as governor this November, they might want to revisit his first.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 10, 2014
OpEd
John T. McNay, “12 moments in Cincy labor history”
The Cincinnati labor community is nearly as old as the city itself and very much a part of the fabric that makes up.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 10, 2014
Labor History
New Projects from the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists
In an effort to update and expand tools for Labor Archives Roundtable members and our users, the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society.
- by Conor Casey
- September 5, 2014
OpEd
Anna Lane Windham, “Making a living while black” (Baltimore Sun, 8/30/2014)
Though we’ve narrowed the racial divide since the days of segregation, the economic divide between whites and blacks has been remarkably persistent for.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 1, 2014
Articles
Colin Gordon, A Map To The Roots Of Ferguson’s Civic Unrest, on NPR
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/26/343484238/a-map-to-the-roots-of-fergusons-civic-unrest Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 29, 2014
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Michael Sacco on Steve Early’s Save Our Unions
Labor law is outdated and rotten in the US, corporations have an inordinate amount of power, so it is rare that unions win.
- by Michael Sacco
- August 28, 2014
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Are Labor and Working-Class History Courses in Decline, or Healthier than We Imagined?
Are courses in labor and working-class history in higher education on the decline? If so, is this a particular problem, or part of.
- by James Barrett
- August 24, 2014
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On Ferguson, Missouri: History, Protest, and “Respectability”
It is difficult to write about the situation in the black working-class community of Ferguson, Missouri, which began last week with the police.
- by Clarence Lang
- August 17, 2014