history
Military legacy at root of recent violence in Guinea
October 5, 2009The people of Guinea are looking to institutions like the UN and the African Union to help after the country was seized by recent military-instigated violence.
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William (Bill) Adelman remembered
October 1, 2009A life of devotion to the pursuit of labor history came to an abrupt end on Sept. 15 with the death of William J Adelman, a founder of the Illinois Labor History Society and its vice...
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Historic Pullman hosts Chicago Labor Day events
August 26, 2009CHICAGO - On September 7 the Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Illinois Labor History Society, numerous other unions and social organizations join with groups from the south side Pullman community to host a rally and...
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Stonewall riots: The beginning of the LGBT movement
June 23, 2009This Sunday, June 28, will mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the event largely regarded as a catalyst for the LGBT movement for civil rights in the United States. At the time, there were...
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BOOK REVIEW A Red Family
May 10, 2009The 2002 death of former Communist Party activist and longtime civil rights/labor activist Junius Scales concluded one of America's most distinctive lives. Convicted of a felony in the 1950s solely for his party membership, Scales appealed...
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