Reflecting on the use of incarcerated firefighters today, Abby Cunniff takes a historical look on the radical politics of their counterparts in the 1970s.| Spectre Journal
Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better. The post Connecticut in the Industri...| Connecticut Explored
In September 1935, Jimmie Lee Robinson and fourteen other Black Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers stationed at Palo Duro State Park in the Texas Panhandle wrote to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to protest their treatment in the CCC camp. “We work some time six days in a week,” they said, “and have to go to […] The post Constructing a Canyon: Black CCC Workers and the Making of Palo Duro appeared first on Not Even Past.| Not Even Past
by Anna Christine Jones Even some of our smallest Labor collections can tell big stories! Following our previous post about the Frontlash collection, we’re excited to highlight another collec…| Special Collections & University Archives
Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better.| Connecticut Explored
by Anna Christine Jones One of the many collections that the Labor collecting area at University of Maryland’s Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) stewards is a large, 37 linear foot…| Special Collections & University Archives
by Rosemarie Fettig Welcome to the second installment in our series featuring the Labor audiovisual collections! In our last post, we followed the collection materials on their journey across campu…| Special Collections & University Archives
by Rosemarie Fettig The Labor collections in UMD’s Special Collections and University Archives hold miles and miles of paper records, but did you know that this collection includes archival materials in other formats, too? When the George Meany Memorial Archives was transferred to UMD in 2013, their holdings also included thousands of films, videotapes, and … Continue reading Labor AV Blog Series: Post #1| Special Collections & University Archives
by Jasper Nash and Rosemarie Fettig In Summer 2024, SCUA published a brand-new finding aid for over 260 linear feet of materials from the Tobacco Workers’ International Union (TWIU) records. Here’s…| Special Collections & University Archives
Why is the labor movement such a central vehicle for revolutionary social change? Why are they growing today? Why did they go into decline? We continue our interview with revolutionary union organizer Doug Geisler about how to build a revolutionary labor movement, and about his roleplaying game Beat the Boss, which teaches players how to … Continue reading Militancy in the Workplace: Interview With IWW Organizer Doug Geisler Pt. 2→| Anti-Fascist News
