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Why Strikes Matter
On the history (and future) of class struggle in America.
by
Erik Loomis
via
Literary Hub
on
October 3, 2018
Organized Labor’s Lost Generations
American unions have struggled to make substantial gains since the ’70s, but not for the reasons historians think.
by
Gabriel Winant
via
The Nation
on
February 7, 2018
The Massacre That Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades
In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives.
by
Calvin Schermerhorn
via
Smithsonian
on
November 21, 2017
The Poetics of History from Below
All good storytellers tell a big story within a little story, and so do all good historians.
by
Marcus Rediker
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Perspectives on History
on
September 1, 2010
Trump, Historians, and the Lessons of U.S. Tariff History
The omissions in Trump's historical narratives reveal how he views national wealth: only the people at the top of the socioeconomic ladder matter.
by
Elizabeth McKillen
via
LaborOnline
on
May 1, 2025
How Trump Wants to Change History
Late last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to restore “truth and sanity to American history.”
by
Adam Rowe
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Compact
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April 24, 2025
The Making of the American Culture of Work
Building the assumption of work’s meaningfulness happened across many different institutions and types of media.
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Max L. Chapnick
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Commonplace
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April 22, 2025
The Cult of the Entrepreneur
Why do Americans idealize people who found businesses?
by
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
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The New Republic
on
February 17, 2025
Back to the ’80s?
Trump, Xi Jinping, and the tariffs.
by
Andrew Liu
via
n+1
on
January 30, 2025
Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Truly Infamous Cook: Typhoid Mary
“Mary Mallon was a cook. And her story, first and foremost, is the story of a cook.”
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Anthony Bourdain
via
Literary Hub
on
October 15, 2024
A Forgotten or Simply Erased History of Organized Labor
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans replaced all its public schools with charter schools. A new book recovers the decades of work the storm disrupted.
by
Daniel G. Cumming
via
The Metropole
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July 22, 2024
Turpentine in Time
The hard labor behind what was once one of the nation's most significant industries.
by
Sylvia Melvin
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Contingent
on
July 3, 2024
On Raymond Thompson’s “Appalachian Ghost”
Black miners were intentionally erased from the record of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster. A new book reinserts them into the narrative.
by
Jody DiPerna
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Belt Magazine
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June 20, 2024
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Spending My Free Time Researching Free Time
One academic tells the story behind his new book -- and his next one.
by
Gary Cross
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HNN
on
February 27, 2024
Making Sense of the Molly Maguires Today
Who were the Molly Maguires, what did they do, and why did they do it?
by
Kevin Kenny
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OUPblog
on
October 11, 2023
Howard Zinn and the Politics of Popular History
The controversial historian drew criticism from both left and right. We need more like him today.
by
Nick Witham
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
July 17, 2023
Employer Organizing: The Importance of Hobnobbing
The focus of labor history is often—unsurprisingly—workers’ organizations and what has made them thrive or languish. But employers organized, too.
by
Vilja Hulden
via
Process: A Blog for American History
on
June 13, 2023
The Wobblies and the Dream of One Big Union
A new history examines the lost promise and fierce persecution of the IWW.
by
Michael Kazin
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The Nation
on
May 15, 2023
Joe Hill Was Killed for Singing Labor’s Song
The labor troubadour Joe Hill was executed by a Utah firing squad for a crime he almost certainly didn’t commit.
by
Cal Winslow
via
Jacobin
on
November 19, 2022
The Capitalist Transformations of the Countryside
Centuries of capitalism saw the global countryside ruthlessly converted into cheap commodities. But at what cost?
by
Sven Beckert
via
Aeon
on
October 6, 2022
The 1877 St. Louis Commune Was a Landmark Event for the International Workers’ Movement
The often forgotten takeover of St. Louis by workers showed that the U.S. isn't immune to Paris Commune–style eruptions of class consciousness.
by
Mark Kruger
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Jacobin
on
July 31, 2022
The “Wobblies” Documentary Reminds Us Why Bosses Are Still Scared of the IWW
The recently rereleased 1979 film can teach today’s workers how to throw their weight around.
by
R. H. Lossin
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The Nation
on
June 16, 2022
The Abolitionist Legacy of the Civil War Belongs to the Left
The US Civil War was a revolutionary upheaval that crushed slavery and stoked hopes of a broader emancipation against the rule of property.
by
Dale Kretz
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Jacobin
on
April 6, 2022
How Did Amazon Workers Go Against a Rich Corporation and Win? Look Back 100 Years.
We don’t need to overanalyze it. It came down to genuine solidarity that the Amazon Labor Union organizing committee built among themselves and their co-workers.
by
Kim Kelly
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NBC News
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April 4, 2022
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A Key Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Workers is Now in Jeopardy
The newly conservative court may target the decision that allows for a minimum wage.
by
Helen J. Knowles
via
Made By History
on
March 30, 2022
The Joy of Yiddish Books
The language sustained a Jewish diasporan secular culture. Today, that heritage survives in a gritty corner of Queens to be claimed by a new generation.
by
Molly Crabapple
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New York Review of Books
on
February 26, 2022
Mesmerizing Labor
The man who introduced mesmerism to the US was a slave-owner from Guadeloupe, where planters were experimenting with “magnetizing” their enslaved people.
by
Emily Ogden
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Matthew Wills
via
JSTOR Daily
on
January 18, 2022
Making Steel All Shiny and New
When it seemed that steel had lost its gleam with American consumers, the industry turned to marketing to make it shine again.
by
Matthew Wills
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Nicolas P. Maffei
via
JSTOR Daily
on
January 10, 2022
Black Women, Sanderson Farms, and the Strike for Better Conditions
Derrion Arrington explains the strike against Sanderson Farms in Laurel, Mississippi.
by
Derrion Arrington
via
Black Perspectives
on
October 4, 2021
What Made the Battle of Blair Mountain the Largest Labor Uprising in American History
Its legacy lives on today in the struggles faced by modern miners seeking workers' rights.
by
Abby Lee Hood
via
Smithsonian
on
August 25, 2021
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