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The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU form an internationally-known respository for research on Labor and the Left.
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An early step in the Second Red Scare was Truman's executive order which claimed that federal employees could be fired for "disloyalty" if they belonged to groups the attorney general said were dedicated to the overthrow of the gov't ... OR if they had any "sympathetic association" with such groups.

🚨 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

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

Pretty cool: over 1,000 people have signed up for the national/international reading group of my new book Our digital launch event is tonight with @kimkelly.bsky.social and Moe Mills of @sbworkersunited.org, it's not too late to RSVP!

If you want a sneak preview of my Bund book I’ve been working on forever, I’ll be reading from the manuscript tomorrow at performancespacenewyork.org

Next week our friends @cunyslu.bsky.social are hosting a celebration of Jane McAlevey's life: 2/18, 6-7:30. www.thenation.com/events/jane-...

2 ++ scholarship opportunities 1. UCSB Library welcomes applications for Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Research Fellowship. $5K Non-UCSB faculty, indepent. researchers & grad students welcome. Apps due 1/31. Apps for use of Robinson Archives encouraged! www.library.ucsb.edu/karmiole-fel...

New exhibition at New York City Central Labor Council, curated by LaborArts: New York City Works: Jobs, Advocacy, Action. Opening reception is 5/5, 5:30-7pm. RSVP actionnetwork.org/events/a-rec...