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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association
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LAWCHA promotes public and scholarly awareness of labor and working-class history through research, writing, and organizing. Find us here: http://lawcha.org & http://lhrp.georgetown.edu
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The good people of @lawcha.bsky.social asked me to write a little blog post about my recent article on the "occupational sterilizations" at Willow Island.
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Sex and the Power of Publicity: OCAW in the 1970s | LAWCHA
Sarah Milov's essay,“Damned Women: Fetal Protection as Employer Offensive at American Cyanamid,” in the  December 2025 issue of  Labor: Studies in Working
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January 27, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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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...
January 22, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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At LaborOnline, Alan Singer reviews Marc Kagan's new book, "Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009."
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Take Back the Power | LAWCHA
Take Back the Power: The Fall and Rise and Fall of NYC’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, 1975-2009 by Marc Kagan (Boston MA: Brill, 2025). Available
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January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Join Bloodshot Records co-founder, @millerscave.bsky.social to celebrate his memoir, THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW, @citylit_books on Thurs, Feb 5, 2026 at 6:30pm CST.

This *free* evening will include a convo w/ editor @marthabayne.bsky.social. RSVP below.
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Author Event: Rob Miller with Martha Bayne | City Lit Books
This cozy bookstore features staff-curated selections, book clubs, and author events for all ages.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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In conversation with Alfie Hancox, @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social discusses his recent book 'No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine.'
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Jeff Schuhrke on his new book, No Neutrals There | LAWCHA
Jeff Schuhrke’s No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine (2025) deftly cuts through deceitful arguments in the context of the
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January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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So happy to join this @lawcha.bsky.social and @shafrhistorians.bsky.social panel at #AHA2026; we barely got started!

Check out the excellent new/forthcoming books on labor and empire by @rbatzell.bsky.social @maryhicks.bsky.social @tejnagaraja.bsky.social and Nicole Burrowes!
January 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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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.
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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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January 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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David McNally spoke to Matthew Stanley about his new book 'Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History.' Check out the interview at LaborOnline:
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David McNally on his new book, Slavery and Capitalism | LAWCHA
In his new book, Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, David McNally intervenes in ongoing debates over the relation between slavery and capital
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January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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I had a lot of fun writing this short piece for @lawcha.bsky.social about Severance! Read it here today: read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
The Cost of Compliance: Unpacking Worker Identity in Severance
Severance, an original series created by Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller, has struck a nerve with audiences by encapsulating what it is like to be a worker under late-stage capitalism. Set against the ba...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Michael Laslett, David Brundage, and Tobias Higbie pay tribute to the work of the late historian John Laslett.
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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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December 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Joel Eis explores the world of Progressive Era theater and the militancy of Yiddish actors in his new article for LaborOnline.
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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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December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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David Lester, Paul Buhle, and I have created 4 graphic novels, all histories from below, published in the US by @beaconpress.bsky.social. They've been translated into Basque, Catalán, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, and Thai. We are looking for new translations. Any editors/presses to suggest?
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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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.'
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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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December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across America"
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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Gol
Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across America“Read...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Thinking about one of my all-time favorite historians, CUNY grad Nick Salvatore, & what he did for cultural/political biography, radical history, Af-Am history. I am always telling folks about We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webber.
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Obituary: Nick Salvatore - The Ithaca Voice
Nick Salvatore, 82, of Ithaca, New York, died on Saturday, November 29th after a period of declining health. He passed away peacefully, listening to music he loved and comforted by […]
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December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Another way to counter originalism -- is with substantive history built on primary source evidence and historical methods of inquiry, analysis, and argument!! Expose originalism as the contemporary ideology without historical substance.
sam-breidbart.bsky.social Sam Breidbart @sam-breidbart.bsky.social · Dec 11
Originalism’s creep in the courts may seem inevitable. But litigators do have tools to push back – and for the first time, my colleagues @tomtmwolf.bsky.social, @cisozaki.bsky.social and I have collected the many moves litigators can make in a single resource: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Francis Ryan recently joined the Labor Jawn podcast to discuss the working-class history of Philadelphia and his recent contribution to the recent Penn Press three-volume history of the greater Philadelphia region.

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Greater Philadelphia Volumes - Interview with Dr. Francis Ryan
Podcast Episode · Labor Jawn · 12/08/2025 · 49m
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December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Tune in and listen to @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, author of THE WORK OF EMPIRE, leads this @lawcha.bsky.social panel discussing whether or not labor and military history work together.

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Up For Debate: Labor and Military History
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December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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UCLA's Mapping Deportations invites you to explore the use of U.S. immigration enforcement policies from a historical perspective, revealing the racial lens through which deportations have been implemented throughout the nation's history. Check it out below.
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Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
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December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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We are seeing the biggest union upswing in 50 years, argues Dave Kamper in his new book 'Who's Got the Power? The Resurgence of American Unions.' Eric Dirnbach reviews for LaborNotes below.
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Review: Who’s Got the Power: Hope for Troubled Times | Labor Notes
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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Bob Bruno explains some common conceptions about the Luddites and how we can learn from them today in his latest substack.

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AI and the Luddite Lessons for Workers
One night in 1811, British troops broke up a crowd that had been demonstrating for more work and better pay.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Bob Bussel recently wrote about Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and the need for working-class citizenship through 'total person unionism' on the Power at Work Blog.

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December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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One of the questions on the unit 5 test for the US survey I teach was: "Using primary sources from class, identify and dispel two myths about the Civil Rights Movement."

About a third of the students picked "old and tired," with one student saying they felt betrayed by the myth they had learned.
jeannetheoharis.bsky.social Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · Dec 1
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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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.
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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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November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM