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Peter Cole, “An Irresistible Force”: Longshore unions and the fight for freedom and justice in Palestine

Before dawn one Sunday in June 2010, nearly 1,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland in northern California. Following a well-devised plan,.

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Activism Global Affairs Articles

Letter of Support for Mexican Intellectual Edur Velasco Arregui

Please see the following call to action passed along to us by Richard Roman and LAWCHA member Manny Ness. Ryan Poewww.ryanmpoe.com/

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LAWCHA

Jobs With Justice: 25 years of trying to transform Gompersism in the labor movement

These days, successful labor activity among the unorganized seems to depend, in ever greater degree, upon “faith based organizing,” union efforts interfacing with.

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LAWCHA

Bracero Guestworkers, Unpaid

This article was originally published in Jacobin. Every Tuesday, 76-year-old Miguel Díaz spends the better part of the day outside the House of.

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LAWCHA

Back to the Cooperative Commonwealth?

I think a lot about the problems of building a labor movement for the 21st century.  And, as a long-time labor activist who.

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Labor History

Graphic History Collective, “Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada, 1880-1900”

Dreaming of What Might Be is the first comic book to be published as part of the larger initiative known as The Graphic.

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Call for Proposals Labor History

Open Access Journal Class, Race and Corporate Power Seeking Submissions

Class, Race and Corporate Power is an open-access, online academic journal examining the politics of corporate power. This includes an analysis of capital,.

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LAWCHA

Communities Are Worth Fighting For

Last month in Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray vetoed the Large Retailer Accountability Act, which would have required corporate retailers with sales.

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