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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History

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The official journal of @lawcha.bsky.social. Published by @dukepress.bsky.social To access all issues of LABOR visit read.dukeupress.edu/labor

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our latest issue is full of engaging and exciting articles! Which is your favorite so far?
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy June! Now that the semester is over, it's the perfect time to delve into our spring issues!
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Be sure to check out Anders Bright's "Poverty's Capital: Labor Coercion and the Origins of the New York Bank for Savings" in our most recent issue!
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Mauro B. Milano @maurobmilano.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: «The Courage of Being Young»: Transnational Communism and Youth (1917-1991) Márgenes III. International Congress of Young Researchers in Contemporary History. Logroño, 8-10 July 2026 We invite PhD candidates/no before 2020. Details bit.ly/3O6QKM9 Submit by Feb 15 bit.ly/4bBf1Uw
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Up first is the Arts & Media essay "The Cost of Compliance" by @rachaelvm454.bsky.social which analyzes Apple TV+’s Severance as a critique of how corporate culture strip workers of autonomy and identity while masking exploitation behind the language of purpose and growth. doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We hope everyone had a good holiday season and the new year has been treating you well. If one of your new year's resolutions was to read and engage with more commentary and historical essays pertaining to labor - you are in luck! Our latest issue (22:4) is out now! dukeupress.edu/labor
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Emily LB Twarog introduces Going Public, a new series appearing in LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History that will explore the intersection between labor history and public history and the role of scholar activists. lawcha.org/2026/01/05/g...
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Going Public: LABOR’s Newest Section | LAWCHA
I am thrilled to announce a new collaboration between LaborOnline and LABOR: Studies in Working Class History called Going Public. As a new section of
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Aimee Loiselle @aimloiselle.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Going Public embraces the notion of bravery and collectivity. We want to examine how scholars are engaging w the public. What are you doing as a scholar-activist? How can we present our research, teaching, and ideas in creative ways? @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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Going Public: LABOR’s Newest Section | LAWCHA
I am thrilled to announce a new collaboration between LaborOnline and LABOR: Studies in Working Class History called Going Public. As a new section of
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
To wrap up the year, here are LABOR’s Most Read Articles of 2025! @dukepress.bsky.social is making these articles free for all to read from now until January 31, 2026.
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Visit LaborOnline to catch Ian Rocksborough-Smith's interview with Naomi R Williams on their recent book, 'A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity: Class Politics and Community in Wisconsin.' lawcha.org/2025/12/10/n...
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Naomi R Williams on their new book, A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity | LAWCHA
Ian Rocksborough-Smith interviewed Naomi R Williams about their recent book, A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity: Class Politics and Community in Wisconsin,
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Joel Eis explores the world of Progressive Era theater and the militancy of Yiddish actors in his new article for LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/12/05/y...
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Yiddish Actors Give a Whole New Meaning to the Phrase, “Staging a Strike” | LAWCHA
One of the earliest foundations of the progressive theatre movement in America was contributed by the Yiddish Theatre, 1887–1913, in the formation of the
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Michael Laslett, David Brundage, and Tobias Higbie pay tribute to the work of the late historian John Laslett. lawcha.org/2025/12/12/j...
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John Laslett: A Scholarly Remembrance | LAWCHA
Labor historian John Laslett died on March 23rd, 2025 at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his scholarly engagement with the history of radicalism,
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Tej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Here's video/audio of our panel discussion — on the links between labor & military concerns. w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor. Check it out! lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...
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Labor History and Military History: A Forum | LAWCHA
This recorded forum is an exciting follow-up to Justin Jackson's blog, The Specter of War in Labor History on the Labor: Studies in Working Class History
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
@smh-historians.bsky.social: can labor and military history work together? I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...
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Up For Debate: Labor and Military History
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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · 22/12/2025
REFUSING SETTLER DOMESTICITY "offers a unique approach to the longer history of Indigenous labor exploitation in California," writes Mary Klann for LABOR, praising the book's "vivacious, complex, and sometimes heartbreaking stories" of Bay Area outing participants. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labor and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program
Caitlin Keliiaa’s Refusing Settler Domesticity not only provides a necessary additive to the historiography of Indian boarding schools but also offers a unique approach to the longer history of Indige...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
As a site for both historical research and commentary, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History hopes to provide an intellectual scaffolding for understanding the roots of continuing social dilemmas. Issue 22:4 is now available. View the TOC: buff.ly/ZW0Ee2A @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
Black and white photo of a woman factory worker pouring liquid into a large industrial vat on the cover of Labor Studies in Working Class History
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
And to cap off LAB22:3, here are a bunch of book reviews!
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
And the pièce de résistance, we have our 2025 Bookmark, arising from the LABOR's 2024 Big Book Forum featuring @loriflores.bsky.social's Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from WWII to COVID-19 (@uncpress.bsky.social).
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Next, in “The Voice of the Farmworker,” @tbowmanhist.bsky.social traces how Antonio Orendain’s radio show La Voz del Campesino radicalized farmworkers across the Mexico-Texas border, forging a distinct transnational movement beyond the UFW and California. doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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“The Voice of the Farmworker”: Antonio Orendain, AM Radio, and the Radicalization of the Farmworkers Movement in the Mexico-Texas Borderlands, 1969–1975 | Labor | Duke University Press
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Then in “Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets,” Peter Cole shows how dockworkers at global “choke points” fought fascism through direct action. From boycotts against imperial Japan to Pinochet’s Chile, ILWU Local 10 practiced labor internationalism on the job. doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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“Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets”: When Dockers Fought Fascism with Direct Action | Labor | Duke University Press
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
After that, Joshua Newmark examines how Spanish anarchists engaged with the Mexican Revolution during the Spanish Civil War. “Decentering Internationalism” shows how solidarity with a former colony challenged Eurocentric hierarchies and reshaped anarchist internationalism. doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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Decentering Internationalism: Spanish Anarchist Solidarity with Mexico During the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War | Labor | Duke University Press
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
First, the Contemporary Affairs piece “The US Unions Taking a Stand for Palestine” in which @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social examines how US unions broke with convention after Oct. 7, 2023—risking backlash by calling for a Gaza ceasefire, an arms embargo, and Palestinian freedom. doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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The US Unions Taking a Stand for Palestine | Labor | Duke University Press
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The new issue has tons of great material, but before we turn to 22:4, we need to finish highlighting our articles from the last issue (22:3) because there was just too much material to cover! (Also I got behind in my work and they won’t hire me an assistant) So here’s another LABOR lighting round!
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Our latest issue (22:4) is now available online! read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
If you missed @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social Big Book Forum a few weeks ago, featuring Rudi Batzell's 'Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery,' you can now watch a replay of the event, available here at LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/11/14/l...
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Labor 2025 Big Book Forum: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery | LAWCHA
On October 17, historian Rudi Batzell presented at the Labor 2025 Big Book forum about his new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
What connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months. doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The newest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (22:3) is online! Featuring essays on transnational solidarity, war, food, activism, and more! View the TOC and read the issue introduction, freely available: buff.ly/JczGGqn
Cover of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Volume 22, Number 3, September 2025. The design features bold red, black, and beige artwork depicting a dockside scene with a cargo container being lifted by crane, industrial silhouettes, and the outline of Chile in the background. Text on the cover reads “Chile” and “Nothing for the Fascists: The Boycott Speeds Up the Victory of the Chilean People.”
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Aimee Loiselle @aimloiselle.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Who gets to make dominant meanings for American workers, unions. Shaping creative decisions about the stories, characters, images that represent workers and that influence how audiences imagine work is an area where unions are largely absent. @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
@profpetercole.bsky.social explores the long history of dockworkers solidarity activism in support of peoples fighting authoritarianism, imperialism, and racism in the latest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social. Check out a preview below at LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/10/23/s...
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"Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets": When Dockers Fought Fascism with Direct Action | LAWCHA
To protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza, dockworkers in Genoa, Italy attempted to convince their fellow workers in ports across Europe and North Africa to
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions! Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
In the new issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, @justinfdjackson.bsky.social debates the specter of war in labor history with Reena Goldthree, John Hall and Tejasvi Nagaraja. Read a preview of the discussion at LaborOnline: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
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The Specter of War in Labor History | LAWCHA
The new issue of of Labor is now available. The entire Up For Debate forum section of the issue will be available for free until January 26, 2026. The
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series - October 2025*** Join Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo. October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST Register: iehs.org/event/online...
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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Join us next Tuesday to hear about my book Box 25:Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social thanks to @iehs.bsky.social for organizing this!
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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
For more from LABOR: STUDIES IN WORKING CLASS HISTORY, join LAWCHA! www.dukeupress.edu/labor-and-wo...
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history? Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The rumors are true, our latest issue is out now! We suggest you begin 22:3 with with the intro by @greeneland.bsky.social and guest coeditor Lorenzo Costaguta as they introduce a cluster of essays on transnational solidarity, plus pieces on war, food, activism, and more! doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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Introduction
Labor and working-class historians have long been at the forefront of transnational scholarship. This issue presents new ways of thinking about international solidarity and global methodologies. In Co...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Be sure to check out this upcoming virtual event featuring a round table with Dr. @emmaamador.bsky.social and her new book, The Politics of Care Work. @drsarahmac.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
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Emma Amador @emmaamador.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Tomorrow!
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
You can judge this issue @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social by the cover! Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social
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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Today’s the day! Join LABOR’s Big Book Forum (2-4pm ET) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery with commentary from Vapnek, Kenny, Price & Williams, moderated by Greene. Free & open to all. See you soon! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
It’s almost here! Join us tomorrow (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET) for LABOR’s Big Book Forum on Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. A stellar panel, sharp discussion, and free to all via Zoom. Register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Don't miss LABOR's Big Book Forum this Friday featuring Rudi Batzell and a panel of expert discussants. Register via the link below.
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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This Friday! Don’t miss LABOR’s Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2–4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery and commentary by Lara Vapnek, Kevin Kenny, Richard Price & Naomi Williams. Free & open to all--register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
flier for LABOR's Big Book Forum featuring pics of the participants and the registration link: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions! Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
flier for LABOR's Big Book Forum featuring pics of the participants and the registration link: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025
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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The study of Black labor destroys the mythology of global, industrial capitalism. It reveals the fraud at the heart of modern economics. #ASALH2025
ASALH.orgRead more by Joe Trotterwww. WalterDGreason .comwww. Graphic History Company .com
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Kelly Goodman talks about the history of teacher strikes, funding challenges in public education and the impact of recent policy changes on school budgets. Listen to the interview below. awf.labortools.com/listen/kelly...
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Kelly Goodman on Teacher Strikes: Lessons from Detroit to Chicago
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Kelly Goodman of Harvard University joined us on today’s show.
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