Our latest issue is full of engaging and exciting articles! Which is your favorite so far?

Happy June! Now that the semester is over, it's the perfect time to delve into our spring issues!

Be sure to check out Anders Bright's "Poverty's Capital: Labor Coercion and the Origins of the New York Bank for Savings" in our most recent issue!

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: «The Courage of Being Young»: Transnational Communism and Youth (1917-1991) Márgenes III. International Congress of Young Researchers in Contemporary History. Logroño, 8-10 July 2026 We invite PhD candidates/no before 2020. Details bit.ly/3O6QKM9 Submit by Feb 15 bit.ly/4bBf1Uw

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...

We hope everyone had a good holiday season and the new year has been treating you well. If one of your new year's resolutions was to read and engage with more commentary and historical essays pertaining to labor - you are in luck! Our latest issue (22:4) is out now! dukeupress.edu/labor

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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. lawcha.org/2026/01/05/g...

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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Going Public embraces the notion of bravery and collectivity. We want to examine how scholars are engaging w the public. What are you doing as a scholar-activist? How can we present our research, teaching, and ideas in creative ways? @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

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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To wrap up the year, here are LABOR’s Most Read Articles of 2025! @dukepress.bsky.social is making these articles free for all to read from now until January 31, 2026.

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.' lawcha.org/2025/12/10/n...

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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Joel Eis explores the world of Progressive Era theater and the militancy of Yiddish actors in his new article for LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/12/05/y...

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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Michael Laslett, David Brundage, and Tobias Higbie pay tribute to the work of the late historian John Laslett. lawcha.org/2025/12/12/j...

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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Here's video/audio of our panel discussion — on the links between labor & military concerns. w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor. Check it out! lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...

Labor History and Military History: A Forum | LAWCHA

This recorded forum is an exciting follow-up to Justin Jackson's blog, The Specter of War in Labor History on the Labor: Studies in Working Class History

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@smh-historians.bsky.social: can labor and military history work together? I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...

Up For Debate: Labor and Military History

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REFUSING SETTLER DOMESTICITY "offers a unique approach to the longer history of Indigenous labor exploitation in California," writes Mary Klann for LABOR, praising the book's "vivacious, complex, and sometimes heartbreaking stories" of Bay Area outing participants. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labor and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program

Caitlin Keliiaa’s Refusing Settler Domesticity not only provides a necessary additive to the historiography of Indian boarding schools but also offers a unique approach to the longer history of Indige...

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As a site for both historical research and commentary, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History hopes to provide an intellectual scaffolding for understanding the roots of continuing social dilemmas. Issue 22:4 is now available. View the TOC: buff.ly/ZW0Ee2A @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

And to cap off LAB22:3, here are a bunch of book reviews!

And the pièce de résistance, we have our 2025 Bookmark, arising from the LABOR's 2024 Big Book Forum featuring @loriflores.bsky.social's Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from WWII to COVID-19 (@uncpress.bsky.social).

Next, in “The Voice of the Farmworker,” @tbowmanhist.bsky.social traces how Antonio Orendain’s radio show La Voz del Campesino radicalized farmworkers across the Mexico-Texas border, forging a distinct transnational movement beyond the UFW and California. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

Then in “Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets,” Peter Cole shows how dockworkers at global “choke points” fought fascism through direct action. From boycotts against imperial Japan to Pinochet’s Chile, ILWU Local 10 practiced labor internationalism on the job. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

After that, Joshua Newmark examines how Spanish anarchists engaged with the Mexican Revolution during the Spanish Civil War. “Decentering Internationalism” shows how solidarity with a former colony challenged Eurocentric hierarchies and reshaped anarchist internationalism. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

First, the Contemporary Affairs piece “The US Unions Taking a Stand for Palestine” in which @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social examines how US unions broke with convention after Oct. 7, 2023—risking backlash by calling for a Gaza ceasefire, an arms embargo, and Palestinian freedom. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

The new issue has tons of great material, but before we turn to 22:4, we need to finish highlighting our articles from the last issue (22:3) because there was just too much material to cover! (Also I got behind in my work and they won’t hire me an assistant) So here’s another LABOR lighting round!

Our latest issue (22:4) is now available online! read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...

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. lawcha.org/2025/11/14/l...

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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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. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

The newest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (22:3) is online! Featuring essays on transnational solidarity, war, food, activism, and more! View the TOC and read the issue introduction, freely available: buff.ly/JczGGqn

Who gets to make dominant meanings for American workers, unions. Shaping creative decisions about the stories, characters, images that represent workers and that influence how audiences imagine work is an area where unions are largely absent. @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

@profpetercole.bsky.social explores the long history of dockworkers solidarity activism in support of peoples fighting authoritarianism, imperialism, and racism in the latest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social. Check out a preview below at LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/10/23/s...

"Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets": When Dockers Fought Fascism with Direct Action | LAWCHA

To protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza, dockworkers in Genoa, Italy attempted to convince their fellow workers in ports across Europe and North Africa to

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The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions! Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social