Great Depression
LaborOnline LAWCHA New Book Interviews

Elissa Sampson and Robert M. Zecker on their new book, From Popular Front to Cold War

From Popular Front to Cold War (2026).Ian Rocksborough-Smith interviewed Elissa Sampson and Robert M. Zecker about their recent edited volume, From Popular Front.

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Philip Tipperman, Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s

 by Kathy M. Newman; Joseph Entin; Patricia HillsPhilip Tipperman: Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930sThe cover of the newly designed Labor: Studies in.

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LAWCHA New Book Interviews

The Radicalism of Working-Class Americans

In the United States there exists today, and has existed since at least the 1950s, a dominant political narrative according to which most.

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LaborOnline Teaching Blog

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.

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