LAWCHA 2019: Contingent Faculty, Independent Scholars, and LAWCHA
Tula Connell, chair of LAWCHA’s Independent Scholars Committee and Claire Goldstene, chair of the Contingent Faculty Committee organized a Saturday lunch plenary at
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Worker Rights Attacks Part of Human Rights Crackdown
Human rights activists around the world celebrated the recent release from prison of two union leaders in Kazakhstan who were convicted of bogus criminal charges
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LAWCHA Move Boosts Independent Historians
As more and more new history graduates pursue careers outside academia—out of choice or necessity—and with many scholars now part of the “gig
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Thai Unions Coordinate, Collaborate for Success
After working several years at an auto parts factory outside Bangkok, Prasit Prasopsuk compared conditions at his workplace with those of a friend
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Imagine If Migrant Workers Had Labor Rights
Women in migration are not ‘vulnerable,’ in need of ‘rescue’—they are advocates and agents of change. Current migration policies must be changed from
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African Labor Migrants, Discrimination, and Xenophobia
Seventeen years ago, Chris Muwani migrated from Zimbabwe to South Africa, where he works on a tomato farm. If he does not fulfill
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Empowering Migrant Workers in Global Supply Chains
Many of the more than 150 million migrant workers around the world endure abusive conditions—and one of the most exploitative phases of transnational
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Eyes off the Prize: Liberals in the Postwar Era
Thomas Edsall’s recent New York Times op-ed on the failure of Democrats to engage as effectively as Republicans in state-level politics parenthetically surfaces
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Empire of Cotton Still Based on Violence
At the recent LAWCHA conference here in Washington, D.C., I was among those applauding heartily when Empire of Cotton: A Global History, Sven