LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History
@laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
The official journal of @lawcha.bsky.social. Published by @dukepress.bsky.social
To access all issues of LABOR visit https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor
To access all issues of LABOR visit https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor
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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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
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
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
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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
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
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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
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
October 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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
We are excited to announce Labor's Big Book Forum for 2025! Scheduled for Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET via Zoom, this year we feature Rudi Batzell's (@rbatzell.bsky.social) new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are excited to announce Labor's Big Book Forum for 2025! Scheduled for Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET via Zoom, this year we feature Rudi Batzell's (@rbatzell.bsky.social) new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)
Shelton Stromquist’s review of The World in a City: Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles (@illinoispress.bsky.social) by David M. Struthers
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Shelton Stromquist’s review of The World in a City: Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles (@illinoispress.bsky.social) by David M. Struthers
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Erik Loomis’ (@erikloomis.bsky.social) review of Union Booms and Busts: The Ongoing Fight over the U.S. Labor Movement (Oxford University Press) by Judith Stepan-Norris and Jasmine Kerrissey
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Erik Loomis’ (@erikloomis.bsky.social) review of Union Booms and Busts: The Ongoing Fight over the U.S. Labor Movement (Oxford University Press) by Judith Stepan-Norris and Jasmine Kerrissey
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Charmian Mansell’s (@charmianmansell.bsky.social) review of The Whole Economy: Work and Gender in Early Modern Europe (@universitypress.cambridge.org) edited by Catriona Macleod (@catrionamac.bsky.social), Alexandra Shepard, and Maria Ågren.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Charmian Mansell’s (@charmianmansell.bsky.social) review of The Whole Economy: Work and Gender in Early Modern Europe (@universitypress.cambridge.org) edited by Catriona Macleod (@catrionamac.bsky.social), Alexandra Shepard, and Maria Ågren.
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Matt Garcia’s review of The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement (@uncpress.bsky.social) by Christian Paiz
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Matt Garcia’s review of The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement (@uncpress.bsky.social) by Christian Paiz
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John D. French’s review of O Voto e a Vida: Democracia, Populismo e Comunismo nas Eleições de 1954 e 1962 em São Paulo (Alameda Press) by Murilo Leal Pereira Neto
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
John D. French’s review of O Voto e a Vida: Democracia, Populismo e Comunismo nas Eleições de 1954 e 1962 em São Paulo (Alameda Press) by Murilo Leal Pereira Neto
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James R. Barrett’s review of The Many Worlds of American Communism (Lexington Books) by Joshua Morris
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
James R. Barrett’s review of The Many Worlds of American Communism (Lexington Books) by Joshua Morris
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Marc Becker’s review of Red Internationalism: Anti-Imperialism and Human Rights in the Global Sixties and Seventies (@universitypress.cambridge.org) by Salar Mohandesi
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Marc Becker’s review of Red Internationalism: Anti-Imperialism and Human Rights in the Global Sixties and Seventies (@universitypress.cambridge.org) by Salar Mohandesi
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Rebecca L. Davis’s (@historydavis.bsky.social) review of Love and the Working Class: The Inner Worlds of Nineteenth Century Americans (Oxford University Press) by Karen Lystra
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Rebecca L. Davis’s (@historydavis.bsky.social) review of Love and the Working Class: The Inner Worlds of Nineteenth Century Americans (Oxford University Press) by Karen Lystra
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Alexandra Finley’s (@alexfinley.bsky.social) review of Laboring Mothers: Reproducing Women and Work in the Eighteenth Century (@uvapress.bsky.social) by Ellen Malenas Ledoux
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Alexandra Finley’s (@alexfinley.bsky.social) review of Laboring Mothers: Reproducing Women and Work in the Eighteenth Century (@uvapress.bsky.social) by Ellen Malenas Ledoux
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Mary McAvoy’s review of Theatre in the Chocolate Factory: Performance at Cadbury’s Bournville, 1900-1935 (@universitypress.cambridge.org) by Catherine Hindson
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mary McAvoy’s review of Theatre in the Chocolate Factory: Performance at Cadbury’s Bournville, 1900-1935 (@universitypress.cambridge.org) by Catherine Hindson
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Simon P. Newman’s review of Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (@universitypress.cambridge.org) by Catherine Hall
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Simon P. Newman’s review of Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (@universitypress.cambridge.org) by Catherine Hall
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Marie-Paule Ha’s review of Black Market Business: Selling Sex in Northern Vietnam, 1920–1945 (@cornellupress.bsky.social) by Christina Elizabeth Firpo
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Marie-Paule Ha’s review of Black Market Business: Selling Sex in Northern Vietnam, 1920–1945 (@cornellupress.bsky.social) by Christina Elizabeth Firpo
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Michael Seidman’s review of Working on Rights: Labor Protest and Democratic Opposition in Spain and Poland, 1960-1990 (@dgb-history.bsky.social ) by Anna Delius
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Michael Seidman’s review of Working on Rights: Labor Protest and Democratic Opposition in Spain and Poland, 1960-1990 (@dgb-history.bsky.social ) by Anna Delius
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Ann Farnsworth-Alvear’s review of Freedom's Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific (@universitypress.cambridge.org ) by Yesenia Barragan (@yeseniabarragan.bsky.social )
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ann Farnsworth-Alvear’s review of Freedom's Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific (@universitypress.cambridge.org ) by Yesenia Barragan (@yeseniabarragan.bsky.social )
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Jamie L. Bronstein’s (@tomduncombe.bsky.social) review of Feelings and Work in Modern History: Emotional Labour and Emotions about Labour (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) by Agnes Arnold-Forster (@agnesjuliet.bsky.social) and Alison Moulds (@alisonmoulds.bsky.social ) eds
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July 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Jamie L. Bronstein’s (@tomduncombe.bsky.social) review of Feelings and Work in Modern History: Emotional Labour and Emotions about Labour (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) by Agnes Arnold-Forster (@agnesjuliet.bsky.social) and Alison Moulds (@alisonmoulds.bsky.social ) eds
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What shaped Mike Davis’s fierce critique of American capitalism? In a powerful tribute, Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social maps Davis’s journey from New Left Review to City of Quartz and beyond.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What shaped Mike Davis’s fierce critique of American capitalism? In a powerful tribute, Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social maps Davis’s journey from New Left Review to City of Quartz and beyond.
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Read in LABOR: doi.org/10.1215/1547...
May 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And lastly, Dallas Augustine’s (@dallasaugustine.bsky.social) review of Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage by Jarrod Shanahan (published by @versobooks.bsky.social
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May 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And lastly, Dallas Augustine’s (@dallasaugustine.bsky.social) review of Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage by Jarrod Shanahan (published by @versobooks.bsky.social
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William Hal Gorby’s review of The Ruined Anthracite: Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities by Paul A. Shackel (published by @illinoispress.bsky.social)
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May 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
William Hal Gorby’s review of The Ruined Anthracite: Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities by Paul A. Shackel (published by @illinoispress.bsky.social)
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