Can Labor History Transform Our World?: A Roundtable with the Editors
We are too used to worshiping rich people in our country.
Tag: labor unions
Labor Radicalism and Repression in the Woods of Maine
Few today would be surprised that the harshest repression following the confrontation in Greenville was not against the right-wing paramilitary organization but against members of the IWW.
Call for Contributors for November 2017 Issue on “Organized Labor”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for articles that address the theme of “organized labor” to be featured in the November issue.
Gendering Poverty in Labor Legislation in Argentina, 1900-1930
Gender-specific labor laws largely enforced the assignment of women to lower paying activities in the factory and longer hours outside the factory. This had the effect of restricting their mobility and condemning them to poverty.
The Unsettling of Appalachia: Identity, Activism, and Appalachian Consciousness in Conversation with S-Town
Appalachia is a region too politicized to romanticize. Though the region could definitely use some romance.
May Day in America: US Protest in Global Context
May Day represents a political tradition long forgotten to most Americans. For many, the celebration is marked by a dance around the Maypole, an old pagan tradition of white costumes and ribbons meant to mark the coming of warmer months and the beginning of the growing season.
