Kim Scipes & Jeff Schuhrke: An Exchange
We received the following post from Kim Scipes, objecting to Jeff Schuhrke’s essay about the AFL-CIO’s foreign policy, posted November 22. Schuhrke’s reply.
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Two Decades of LABOR History: An Interview with Leon Fink
Editors note: LAWCHA members will be receiving an abbreviated version of this essay in the 2022 newsletter. We are glad to be able.
- by Max Krochmal
- January 2, 2023
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The Most-Read essays of 2022 from Labor: Studies in Working Class History
Duke University Press released the top-read essays of 2022 from LAWCHA’s journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History (volume 19). The articles are freely.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 30, 2022
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Michael Hillard on his book, Shredding Paper
A Conversation between Emily E. LB. Twarog and Michael Hillard, author of Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine’s Mighty Paper Industry.
- by Emily E. LB. Twarog
- December 30, 2022
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New Book Interviews
Bryan D. Palmer on his new book, James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism
Chad Pearson recently interviewed Bryan Palmer about this new book, James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-1938.
- by Chad Pearson
- December 21, 2022
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The Worlds of American Communism: An Interview with Author Joshua Morris
Joshua Morris has published The Many Worlds of American Communism in September. Morris completed his Ph.D. at Wayne State University and teaches at.
- by Randi Storch
- December 13, 2022
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“Lions Led by Asses”
While labor historians have organized a letter signing campaign to the Biden administration asking them to grant some concession to rail workers, others.
- by Chris Townsend
- November 30, 2022
Film & Video
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Rails, Jails and Trolleys
Rails, Jails, & Trolleys is a feature-length documentary, directed by Henna Mann and produced by the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) at the University.
- by Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains and Sargun Kaur
- November 28, 2022
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From Solidarity to Shock Therapy: The AFL-CIO and the Fall of Soviet Communism
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the death of Mikhail Gorbachev this year have sparked renewed interest in the USSR’s 1991 disintegration, a moment.
- by Jeff Schuhrke
- November 22, 2022
In Memoriam
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Staughton Lynd (1929-2022)
Staughton Lynd, one of labor history’s icons, died on November 17. He was an academic and activist when those combinations were reviled as.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 19, 2022