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Drones for Democracy?

All week I’ve been glued to coverage regarding our drone policy and the leak of documents rationalizing U.S. government policies surrounding their use. Talking heads, blogs and political commentary have me reeling over the implications of our new policy and

LAWCHA

Solidarity? Whatever—Obama’s Forgotten Social Movement

President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, progressive? Maybe. But only if you are one of the liberals who have forgotten this nation’s working class. A key feature of the president’s message was the absence of a single word: unions.

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Was Herbert Hill, NAACP’s Labor Secretary, an FBI informer?

Was Herbert Hill–the Labor Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for 25 years known for his fierce criticism of labor union racism, and longtime labor and civil rights movement historian at University of Wisconsin–an

Call for Proposals Labor History

CFP: The Paterson Silk Strike Centennial Conference, 1913-2013 (Deadline: March 1, 2013)

The William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPUNJ) is seeking papers for its upcoming conference commemorating the centennial of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike. The conference, to be held on the WPUNJ campus on Monday, May 20, 2013, will take

LAWCHA

“Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”: Marking the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people converged at the Lincoln Memorial in a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The assembly occurred in a period of heightened black freedom struggle that was most ferocious in the Deep

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Alex Lichtenstein on Marikana: A View From the Mountain and a Case to Answer

In the September 1 edition of LARB, historian Alex Lichtenstein examined the background of the massacre of striking miners at Marikana, looking closely at the dismal record of South Africa’s platinum industry. Here, in a review of the first full-length

LAWCHA National Conference, New York City, June 6-8, 2013

Meeting in a year in which surging corporate power has threatened both unions and democracy as we know it, the 2013 LAWCHA conference in New York City focuses on how varied groups of working people have built the solidarity needed

Labor History

Our Man in Rio: Leon Fink Reports on Inspiring Conference

From November 27 to November 30, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending the Second International “Worlds of Labor” conference—effectively the Brazilian labor historians’ national gathering—sponsored by the host institution, the Getulio Vargas Foundation, in Rio De Janeiro. 

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Subscribe today Email Address Too Much at Once?There is a lot going on at LAWCHA, from our multiple operating committees, to the cascade of events we host and promote, to LaborOnline, it can be overwhelming to keep up with what’s

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Right to Work a Man to Death

In 1958, an Indianapolis woman named Patricia Bolen wrote a letter to the Indianapolis Star about how Indiana’s right-to-work law affected her husband: “I pooh-poohed when the right-to-work was first called a mankiller. But it is. The man I love