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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

David McNally on his new book, Slavery and Capitalism

Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History (2025)In his new book, Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, David McNally intervenes in ongoing debates.

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Labor 2025 Big Book Forum: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery

On October 17, historian Rudi Batzell presented at the Labor 2025 Big Book forum about his new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow.

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Political Economy at LAWCHA 2025

We have a few brief summaries of panels and papers from the Labor and Working Class History Association conference, June 2025. If you.

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Where does Marxism in Labor History Come From? Where Does It Go?

I read the recent report on the Business History Conference by Michael Hilliard and Chad Pearson with great interest. I count myself among.

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Business and Labor Historians: Friends till the End

Coauthored by Michael Hillard and  Chad PearsonThe theme of the 2025 Business History Conference (BHC) was “The Business of Labor.” (Held in Atlanta,.

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Nate Holdren responds: Roundtable on Injury Impoverished

Today we wrap up our roundtable with Nate Holdren’s response to commenters on his new book  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law.

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Company Doctors and Working-Class Unrest: Roundtable on Nate Holdren’s Injury Impoverished

Chad Pearson offers comments on employer violence in understanding workplace injury as part of a roundtable on Nate Holdren’s  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents,.

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Injustice, Aggregated: Considering Nate Holdren’s Injury Impoverished

Today Trish Kahle weighs in on our roundtable  on Nate Holdren’s  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era,  just.

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Workers’ Worth: Considering Nate Holdren’s Injury Impoverished

Today we continue our roundtable discussion on Nate Holdren’s  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era, just published from.

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A Roundtable Nate Holdren’s  Injury Impoverished : Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era  

Today we begin a week-long roundtable discussion on Nate Holdren’s  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era, just published.

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