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The Vision of the Municipal Left: Free Essay from Labor 23:2

The new issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Volume 23:2 is out now. Thanks to Duke University Press, an essay by Kim.

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“Recognizing Fascism for What it Really Is”: The Black Freedom Struggle and the Fight Against U.S. Fascism

This blog is the fifth in our ongoing series on the “Black Antifascist Tradition.”Since the emergence of fascism in Italy and Germany, Black.

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Black Anti-Fascist Forum LaborOnline

Pedagogue Protest: Lessons of Black Antifascism and the Hands Off Ethiopia Protests of 1935

This blog is the fourth in our ongoing series on the “Black Antifascist Tradition.”Protest is the best teacher. Hardly kindly, but its lessons.

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A Fighting Anti-Fascist Army

Like many Black soldiers conscripted in the segregated armed forces during World War II, Burt Jackson did not need did need battlefield instruction.

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LaborOnline

Take Back the Power

Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009 by Marc Kagan (Boston MA:.

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In Memoriam LaborOnline

John Laslett: A Scholarly Remembrance

Labor historian John Laslett died on March 23rd, 2025 at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his scholarly engagement with.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

David Roediger on his new book, An Ordinary White

In his new memoir, An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education (2025), David Roediger provides a moving account of his lifetime of scholarship and.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Brian Kwoba on his new book, Hubert Harrison

Brian Kwoba’s Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism offers an intellectual history of Harrison’s race-first labor activism and community organizing. Dr. Kwoba.

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LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Ben Fletcher and Local 8: the Mural and the Marker

Ben Fletcher might be the most important African American labor leader you’ve never heard about. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Fletcher led 4,000.

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Harvey Schwartz reviews Robert Cherny’s book on Harry Bridges

Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend by Robert W. ChernyRobert W. Cherny’s new book, Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend  (University of Illinois.

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