labor history
Artist Ben Shahn was moved by the Tom Mooney case
July 25, 2018Ben Shahn was moved in the early 1930s to paint a series of works based on the infamous Tom Mooney case. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) currently has a display of these works...
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Bring back May Day
April 30, 2018American politicians backed by billionaires don’t recognize May Day, but the Poor People's Campaign is bringing it back with a week of events around the country.
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An apple for Hannah: A Christmas story from the coal fields
December 28, 2017Pulling the coal out of the mine, she struggled to catch her breath.
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This week in history: Labor pledges no strikes during WW II
December 12, 2016Philip Murray, president of the CIO, said members “were ready and eager to do their utmost to defend our country against the aggression of Japanese imperialism, and to secure the final defeat of the forces of...
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Veteran organizer’s warning on Trump: Prepare for the worst
December 8, 2016Phil Cohen drew on his decades of experience to comment on how workers should confront millionaire mogul Donald Trump.
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