The Right’s Working-Class Philosopher
Original posted in Jacobin on September 2, 2014. Eric Hoffer was a conservative who only had the time to write because he was represented by a powerful leftist union.
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Labor History
New Projects from the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists
In an effort to update and expand tools for Labor Archives Roundtable members and our users, the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists has been working on new projects of interest to LAWCHA members.
Issues of Labor
Labor 11.3 (Fall, 2014)
In This Issue The Common Verse Hugh Martin, “Iraq War, 2004” LAWCHA Watch James N. Gregory, “Advancing the Ivory-Collar/Blue-Collar Partnership” Up for Debate Eric Arnesen, “Introduction” Nancy MacLean, “The Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Difference a Law Can Make”
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On Ferguson, Missouri: History, Protest, and “Respectability”
It is difficult to write about the situation in the black working-class community of Ferguson, Missouri, which began last week with the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. It is difficult because the details of the case have evolved
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AFSCME, the United Negro College Fund, and Koch Money – Meanings for the Black Public Sphere
Lee A. Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), recently announced that his union is severing ties with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), effective September 1. For about a decade, the two organizations
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Made within/outside the EU: what’s the difference?
In a dormitory beside a railway station there are several hundred migrant workers getting ready for – or else just returning from – their 12-hour shifts in the nearby Foxconn factory. Most of them were recruited by Express People, one
Events (Old)
Labour History Workshop, St. Catharines, Ontario
Sunday, May 25. The 2014 Labour History Workshop will be held in St. Catharines, Ontario, on Sunday, May 25, during this year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Brock University.
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“Yes, Ludlow Was a Massacre” by DeStefanis & Feurer, with Response by Martelle and Andrews
Anthony DeStefanis and Rosemary Feurer wrote blogs simultaneously in response to a central question raised at the Ludlow Commemoration this weekend: Was Ludlow a Massacre? We present these here separately, and invite commentary. UPDATE: We now have a response from
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Be Consolated, John Handcox
John L Handcox was an African American born in Brinkley, Arkansas, in 1904 at one of the worst times and in one of the worst places to be black in America. His family grew up in the Mississippi Delta region
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Remembering “Salt of the Earth” 60 Years Later
Over 400 attendees gathered on Saturday, March 15th, at United Steelworkers Local 890 hall (former Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Local 890) in Bayard, New Mexico to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1954 film Salt of the Earth.