Peter Rachleff
Labor History

East Side Freedom Library

Happy Labor Day! I want to call our project — the East Side Freedom Library — to your attention. We are three years

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Activism Articles LAWCHA People

Building a radically engaged library: East Side Freedom Library celebrates second year

Two years ago, founders of St. Paul’s East Side Freedom Library founders Beth Cleary and Peter Rachleff opened the doors to an institution

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Labor History LAWCHA

Long Time LAWCHA Activist Undertakes Building a New Institution Devoted to Working Class History

A year and a half ago, I left Macalester College after a three decades-long career. I decided that it’s time to devote myself

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