Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.
@justinfdjackson.bsky.social
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Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
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“Patriotism…, is not about hiding the stains of the past…. It means loving your country enough to tell its whole story. Once upon a time, that mission might have seemed middlebrow and dull. Today, for better or worse, it is positively revolutionary.”
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What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles
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November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Patriotism…, is not about hiding the stains of the past…. It means loving your country enough to tell its whole story. Once upon a time, that mission might have seemed middlebrow and dull. Today, for better or worse, it is positively revolutionary.”
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Looking for more Civil War books to add to your shelf? Check out @cwmonitor.bsky.social's Best Civil War Books of 2025 featuring a bunch of UNC Press titles 👏
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The Best Civil War Books of 2025
What were the best Civil War history books published in 2025? A panel of historians offers their picks.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looking for more Civil War books to add to your shelf? Check out @cwmonitor.bsky.social's Best Civil War Books of 2025 featuring a bunch of UNC Press titles 👏
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Rosemary Feurer reports from Terre Haute, Indiana, where Senator Bernie Sanders received the 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award.
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Welcome Home, Bernie!: Sanders is 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner | LAWCHA
On October 25, 2025 Bernie Sanders received the 60th Eugene V. Debs Award. The Debs Foundation (where I serve as board member along with historians,
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November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Rosemary Feurer reports from Terre Haute, Indiana, where Senator Bernie Sanders received the 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award.
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Loved working with @uncpress.bsky.social on #FeedingWashingtonsArmy Out in paperback in February 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Loved working with @uncpress.bsky.social on #FeedingWashingtonsArmy Out in paperback in February 2026.
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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Ron Schatz wrote an excellent piece about the exhibition "Labor and Art," made from art in the collection of dear friends, Joe and Delsa White. In the Bost Building, 623 East 8th Ave., Homestead, PA, until Dec. 23, MWF 10 am - 12 noon and by appointment. Check it out!
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“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania | LAWCHA
I am a historian who studied with David Montgomery at the University of Pittsburgh in the mid-1970s, a tumultuous time in labor and working-class history.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ron Schatz wrote an excellent piece about the exhibition "Labor and Art," made from art in the collection of dear friends, Joe and Delsa White. In the Bost Building, 623 East 8th Ave., Homestead, PA, until Dec. 23, MWF 10 am - 12 noon and by appointment. Check it out!
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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.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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.
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Scott Reynolds Nelson joined a special Hallowe'en episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the legend of the steel drivin' man John Henry and his lasting legacy.
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The Untold Story of John Henry and His Lasting Legacy on Labor
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Scott Nelson, University of Georgia, joined us on today’s show.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Scott Reynolds Nelson joined a special Hallowe'en episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the legend of the steel drivin' man John Henry and his lasting legacy.
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Current events not scary enough this Halloween?
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
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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October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Current events not scary enough this Halloween?
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
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It's awesome that @lawcha.bsky.social and @illinoispress.bsky.social continue to partner to offer the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History lawcha.org/grants-prizes/
Grants & Prizes | LAWCHA
LAWCHA gives or is affiliated with many awards in labor history, including the Herbert G. Gutman Prize, the Taft Prize, and graduate student travel grants.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's awesome that @lawcha.bsky.social and @illinoispress.bsky.social continue to partner to offer the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History lawcha.org/grants-prizes/
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New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇
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October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇
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So excited for this!!
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So excited for this!!
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...
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...
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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...
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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Coming next spring, in time for what will surely be a lively but respectful debate about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Coming next spring, in time for what will surely be a lively but respectful debate about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration
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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
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
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
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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***Fall Online Book Event***
Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
***Fall Online Book Event***
Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
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The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!
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Checkout the latest issue of Labor
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With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
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With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Checkout the latest issue of Labor
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...
With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social
Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social
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Important reading.
Important reading.
The End of Asylum | Mae Ngai
The second Trump administration has undone the division between political and economic migrants. Did it make sense to separate them to begin with?
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October 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Important reading.
Important reading.
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Kornel Chang joined the HistoryExtra Podcast to discuss his recent publication, A Fractured Liberation: Korea under US Occupation. Check out the interview via the link below.
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America in Korea: a failed occupation?
Professor Kornel Chang revisits the three-year US occupation of the southern half of Korea that followed the Second World War, to see if opportunities were missed to prevent the bloodshed and division...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Kornel Chang joined the HistoryExtra Podcast to discuss his recent publication, A Fractured Liberation: Korea under US Occupation. Check out the interview via the link below.
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www.historyextra.com/period/cold-...
Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...
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The program for #AHA26 is available to browse! This year’s annual meeting will feature over 460 sessions and events. Join us in Chicago on January 8–11, 2026. 🗃️
American Historical Association Annual Meeting 2026
January 8-11, 2026
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October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The program for #AHA26 is available to browse! This year’s annual meeting will feature over 460 sessions and events. Join us in Chicago on January 8–11, 2026. 🗃️
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Don't miss LABOR's Big Book Forum this Friday featuring Rudi Batzell and a panel of expert discussants. Register via the link below.
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don't miss LABOR's Big Book Forum this Friday featuring Rudi Batzell and a panel of expert discussants. Register via the link below.
Need a historian to put the present in context while dispatching the resurrected spirit of President William McKinley to the dustbin?
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
October 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Need a historian to put the present in context while dispatching the resurrected spirit of President William McKinley to the dustbin?
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
