Why Labor Historians Should Remember Leslie Brown
Even if you did not know her personally, you should mourn Professor Leslie Brown, who passed away earlier this month. She was many.
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Chasing Tax Cheats to Create Jobs: Why Don’t We Do That?
I’m guessing that tax collectors have never been a popular group, but we need thousands more of them, probably about 50,000 more. Why?.
- by Jack Metzgar
- August 6, 2016
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Paul Robeson, Black Dockworkers, And Labor-Left Pan-Africanism
Paul Robeson was one of the greatest black internationalists of the twentieth century. A gifted actor and singer, he was also an unabashed.
- by Peter Cole
- August 4, 2016
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Greyhound Racing in Australia: The Demise of a Working-Class Pastime (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
The recent announcement that the New South Wales government in Australia was banning Greyhound racing starting in 2017 surprised many. They didn’t expect.
- by Sarah Attfield
- July 26, 2016
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Memories of Jim Green
When I moved to Boston in the fall of 1971, one of the first people I set out to meet was Jim Green,.
- by Jim O'Brien
- July 25, 2016
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Socialism Comes to Philadelphia
On Sunday afternoon, March 9, 1930, the city of Philadelphia witnessed what the Public Ledger called “one of the most amazing demonstrations of.
- by Sharon McConnell-Sidorick
- July 14, 2016
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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.
- by Mark Lause
- July 12, 2016
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Fellow Workers: Read this book!
If you want to read the god-honest and god-awful truth about being a left-wing radical in 20th century America, drop whatever you’re doing,.
- by Peter Cole
- July 8, 2016
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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.
- by Peter Rachleff
- July 5, 2016
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Share your memories of James Green
If you would like to share your remembrance of the late James Green to be posted on our remembrance page in celebration of.
- by Ryan Poe
- July 5, 2016