Don't forget to get in your submissions for the 2026 Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize. If you have published an article for a general audience on the history of working people since 9/1/2024, submit for a $1,000 prize! More information here: www.laborarts.org/Bernhardt-pr...

The 2026 Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize is open for submissions. If you have published an article for a general audience on the history of working people since September 1, 2024, submit for a $1,000 prize! More information here: www.laborarts.org/Bernhardt-pr...

This Spring--4/3/26, 7-8:30 PM: Confronting McCarthyism: Generational Lessons from Families who Resisted the Red Scare w/ Michael Meeropol, Susan Robeson, Molly Jong-Fast, and Moderator Beverly Gage Register here: www.stjohndivine.org/calendar/577...

Thursday night, join Aaron Leonard for a book talk celebrating his latest book--Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism. 11/13, 5:30 PM eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-.... We sold out initially and opened up more tickets! See you there.

Our next event is an exciting one: a book talk with historian and author, Aaron Leonard, for his newest book Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism. 11/13, 5:30 PM www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-... See you there!

Our colleagues @nyu_ipk are hosting a book talk with a book talk with Ryan Patrick Murphy. He will discuss his new book Teamsters Metropolis with Patrick Egan and Ruth Milkman. 10/29, 5:30 PM ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...

Next week 8/17--Jeff Kisseloff in conversation with Tony Hiss about Kisseloff's new book, ReWriting Hisstory: A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss. 5:30-7pm, 2nd Fl. of Bobst Library. Registration required: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

Next week, 9/4, check out this event on the anniversary of the Peekskill Riots, that our colleague @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social helped organize: givebutter.com/The-Peekskil...

The Peekskill Riots: Then & Now

A Panel Discussion

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It's incredible that @tamimentlibrary.bsky.social has been able to digitize and make publicly viewable 1000s of images from the Daily Worker photo morgue. I was very fortunate to be able to use a few of the photographs from this trove as illustrations in my book, including the cover image.

Our run of totes for Bringing the Daily Worker to the World is all gone! We've started a limited edition of posters. Come see the show and grab a poster/zine. Gallery hours: M-F, 10-5 by appt. Email special.collections@nyu.edu to set up a time to see the show.

Our opening last week for Bringing the Daily Worker to the World sold out! If you'd still like to come see it, email special.collections@nyu.edu. Gallery hours: M-F, 10-5 by appt. Come get a zine/tote while they last. Lmtd edition of posters avail soon!

Sneak peek at our latest exhibition, Bringing the Daily Worker to the World. Come to the opening, 7/29, 5:30-7. The show closes out a multi-year project to digitize ~185,000 negatives from the Daily Worker and Daily World Negatives Collection. www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibition...

New exhibit alert: Bringing the Daily Worker to the World, a photo exhibition to close out the digitization of nearly 185,000 negatives from the Daily Worker and Daily World. Exhibit opening 7/29, 5:30 pm. Show is up 7/29-9/12. Join us on 7/29: www.eventbrite.com/e/exhibition...

Save the date: 5/28, 7 PM -- New York Labor History Association online screening of The Last Pullman Car

Tonight! The Annual Clara Lemlich Awards. LaborArts and Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition honor unsung activists: women who have been working for the larger good all their lives. 6pm. Online or in-person www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fiftee...

Some of our favorite May Day graphics from @tamimentlibrary.bsky.social 🧵

Want 2 do research in the Archives of Irish America? Our Ernie O’Malley Family Research Grant welcomes proposals from across AIA collections. Apps due 5/2: guides.nyu.edu/blog/Call-fo...

The 15th Annual Clara Lemlich Awards are next week, 5/6, 6PM - RSVP: bit.ly/LemlichAward... LaborArts will honor historian Blanche Wiesen Cook & playwright Clare Coss, musician Bev Grant, poet Rashidah Ismaili, & author Rudean Leinaeng. In person & live streamed.

Congress has the power to restore funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Join me in calling your reps!

American Library Association@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · last yr.

MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants. Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04... Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

The worst thing the federal government has done to unions in my lifetime happened last night. The second worst thing was three weeks ago. The labor movement will either protect ourselves right now or be smashed. That's all there is to it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-g...

They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them

The government is going to destroy unions if we don't fight now.

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Commemorate the 114th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire, Tuesday March 25, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Washington Place and Greene Street • NYC All Invited • Rain or Shine

Add to your calendars for May (eve of May Day) this event at Cooper Union: cooper.edu/events-and-e...

On the Eve of May Day: Labor Then and Now

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Monday! An important conversation @cunyslu.bsky.social

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies@cunyslu.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for "Global Perspectives on Labor's Fight Against Authoritarianism," a discussion on how workers worldwide are resisting repression and building movements for justice. Moderated by Stephanie Luce, Prof. and Chair of Labor Studies at @cunyslu.bsky.social. RSVP: slucuny.swoogo.com/17march2025

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

Tomorrow, 3/6, 12-1pm: Join @dc37nyc.bsky.social , UAW2100, @nyclabor.bsky.social , and others to say NO to layoffs at the Brooklyn Museum!

CFP: International Labor and Working-Class History journal (ILWCH) Special Issue on "Hot Work" edited by Eduardo Contreras (CUNY) and Selda Altan (Randolph College). Submit an abstract of up to 250 words by May 1, 2025 on ScholarOne. More on CFP here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Notes on Power and Powerlessness by Howard Zinn -- a new post from @zinndigital.bsky.social

Howard Zinn Digital Collection@zinndigital.bsky.social · last yr.

FROM THE ARCHIVES "A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976 Powers of the Powerless: (the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics) 1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal. 2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources. 🧵1/5

Want to do research in the Archives of Irish America? Our Ernie O’Malley Family Research Grant now welcomes proposals from across the AIA collections. CFP is live, apps due 5/2: guides.nyu.edu/blog/Call-fo... @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @cais-irish1973.bsky.social @guglobalirish.bsky.social