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A Minor Boom: Recent Historical Work on Texas Socialists

Get PDF of this article This essay initiates our Symposium on Tom Alter’s new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas, published recently by...

A Labor of Love: Descendant Reclaims Historic Multiethnic Logging Town as Educational Site

Get PDF of this article As a child, Gwen Trice caught sight of a ragged scar along her father’s shoulder – a mark from a long-ago logging accident. Lafayette “Lucky”...

Creating a Historic Resource Study and StoryMap for Lowell National Historical Park

Get PDF of this article Lowell National Historical Park (LOWE) was founded in 1978 by the National Park Service. A sprawling site that includes the historic downtown of commercial Lowell,...

New Teaching Labor’s Story Unit: The Soup Song from the 1930s

“The Soup Song" uses humor and sarcasm to convey workers’ experiences and attitudes during the Great Depression.  As a widely popular participatory song, it was an effective tool for labor organizing....

Working 9 to 5

Get PDF of this article Ever wonder if it’s safe to bring an artichoke to lunch when you’re trying to convince someone to speak up on the job? Want to...

For a Just and Better World: A Profile of Two Radical Women Anarchists in the making of Revolutionary Mexico

Get PDF of this article At least five years before Mexican labor activist Caritina Piña arrived in the working-class barrio of Villa Cecilia in the outskirts of Tampico, Reynalda González...