global labor history PhD student | UAW local 5118 @hgsuuaw | writing about nationalism + the socialist movement to 1917 | she/her
Cambridge, MA
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Delegates from 24 countries gathered in Paris on July 14, 1889, the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, at two separate congresses to form the Second or Socialist International. The two groups would merge at a second congress in Brussels in 1891. #OTD #France
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Tomorrow!! The conference "Working-class Anti-imperialism and the Global Left: New Directions of Study" is taking place at @BristolUni thanks to the support of the #ELHN, @StudyLabHistory, Sorbonne Nouvelle and @UoBrisHistory. /1
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In honor of #Juneteenth here is a paper talisman written by enslaved African Muslims in early America.
These paper talismans were used for protection and to organize resistance. They also highlight the high levels of literacy.
ALT magic square talisman surrounded by a ring of Arabic script
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📢 Call for Papers
📝 Precarious Labour - Open Call for Proposals
📆 Deadline 1 September 2023
The Precarious Labour Working Group will participate in the Fifth ELHN Conference with thematic sessions. More information about paper and session proposals: socialhistoryportal.org/news…
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In honor of all the unsung heroes and to solidarity of workers all across the globe. Happy International Workers’ Day. #MayDay2023
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“The Earth was made to be a Common Treasury of relief for all, both Beasts and Men...”
#OnThisDay 1649: Gerrard Winstanley and a small group of 30-40 men and women (‘Diggers’) started digging and sowing vegetables on the wasteland of St George’s Hill, Surrey.
Excellent observations here by Jean-Numa Ducange! Very much looking forward to the book. I do still wonder how fixed the idea of the ‘nation’ was in the mind of socialists across the breadth of the Second International. Did they see it as an essential part of a socialist future?/
Karl Marx famously wrote that “the workers have no country” — but he immediately added that they had to become “the leading class in the nation.” For over a century, the Left has struggled to reconcile the two ideas. jacobin.com/2023/03/national…
There is convincing evidence in the literature on nationalism in the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires to suggest that the nation was far from the most important category of identification for many of their citizens, particularly outside of bourgeois intellectual circles/
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Two childhood friends meet during a protest. One is a factory worker, the other is a riot officer. Guy Burmieux and Jean-Yvon Antignac were childhood friends but they chose different paths in life. On April 6, 1972 in Brittany, France, Guy was part of a protest to get better working conditions. Jean-Yvon and other riot officers were called in to quell the protestors.
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The best way for travelers to handle strikes is to view them as a cultural experience.
In Marseille, I was surrounded by thousands marching in the streets. I enjoyed photographing striking parents with kids on their shoulders—and learned firsthand what labor action is all about.
Travelers to Europe are largely free from coronavirus restrictions, but they may have to contend with another challenge: navigating disruptions as airline, railway and bus workers walk off the job over low wages and labor conditions. nyti.ms/3KG9JJV
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Here’s Keir Hardie and his membership card of the Independent Labour Party (ILP).
This year marks the 130th anniversary of the ILP’s founding. Check out their enormous archive (over 260 boxes!) and get in touch if you'd like to come see it: archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.as…
ALT A head shot portrait of Keir Hardie. He has a thick beard and is looking into the camera.
ALT A membership card of the National Independent Labour Party for the year 1895. It details the main people in the party and has J Keir Hardie MP written on it by hand. Around the edges of the card are workers holding hands.
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Starting in 2014, I logged the price of every slice of pizza I ate in NYC. Almost 500 slices later, the results are in. Check it out here: elkue.com/nyc-slice/
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Santa is a Teamster
ALT Picture of Santa Claus in his chair with a hot cup of something. Next to him is his hat with a teamster pin on it and a copy of the international teamster. On the other side of him is a world globe. This is the cover of the International Teamster magazine December 1953.
