Mark Lause
LaborOnline

The Contagion and a Cure

Mark Lause looks at the 1793 yellow fever pandemic in Philadelphia from a working class history perspective, and finds it informs us today..

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LAWCHA

Portrait of a “Marriage”: Radicals & the Democratic Party

Prof. James N. Gregory has performed a real service with his “Radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders” (re-posted.

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The Real Rebels: A Review of Free State of Jones with Reflections on Lost Causes

Responses to the Free State of Jones by Gary Ross, and starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Mahershala Ali demonstrate that such denials.

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Labor History

Comrades & Cowboys

In 1886, several prominent European socialists came through Cincinnati in search of insights into America. Their local comrades–“delightful German-American friends” took them to.

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LAWCHA

Tony Benn’s quotes from the Guardian worth reflection

On March 14, Tony Benn, who had spent the better part of half a century in the British Parliament died. About twenty years.

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LAWCHA

Department of Labor’s List of Books that Shaped Work in America ignores critical books

In honor of its centennial the Department of Labor began posting a list of “Books that Shaped Work in America”. What does it.

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