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Noel Ignatiev’s Acceptable Men: Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World: A Conversation
In 2021, the radical publisher, Charles H. Kerr, published a “memoir” by the late Noel Ignatiev (1940-2019), Acceptable Men Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World. Rather than review the book, Labor OnLine decided instead to convene a conversation with four activist-scholars who could shed light on Noel’s experience at US Steel, and offer their own critique of his account of working life there. Read more →
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I Am Not a Writer
Bob Rossi’s poem “Deincarnation” was published in December 2021’s Labor: Studies in Working Class History. He’s graced us with another. I Am Not A Writer Bob Rossi Late one night, wearied by the misfortunes And follies of men, I put aside my work And wondered at continuing. It has been a century, longer, since those… Read more →
2 New Teaching Labor’s Story Units Women’s Rights are Labor Rights
What do labor history and movements for women’s rights have in common? Check out the new additions to the Teaching Labor’s Story resource bank: a 1910 article advocating women’s suffrage by Kate Debs (yes, that Debs) Document Selection and Teaching Guide by Michelle Killion Morahn, Affiliated Faculty, Indiana State University and… Read more →
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