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
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
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
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.
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
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
[toc]WordPress is not the easiest software to use for first-timers. In 2012, Ryan Poe recorded a set of video instructions to help you navigate the site, configure your profile, register, login, and do all sorts of other things to become
The United Association for Labor Education invites you and your colleagues to submit a proposal for our 2013 Annual Conference, “Across Boundaries: What Are Workers Saying and Doing?” April 17-20, 2013 at the Metropolitan Hotel Toronto, Ontario CANADA. DEADLINE: Proposals
Insurgency & Resistance. Throughout history, workers have engaged in insurgency and resistance from factories to fields, from plantations to plants, from mines to mills, and in cities and in the countryside. Power and authority have been contested on a variety
By Joan Sangster, Trent University. Canada is host to a rich, vibrant, and inspirational labour history housed in easily accessible archives and popular public museums across the county.