Archive:What’s Happening at the KI
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WCP: Is Neoliberalism Dead? Class Struggle and a Wealth Tax
The first months of President Joe Biden's term offer hope that we may soon see the end of neoliberalism. Instead of cutting taxes for the rich in the hope that wealth will somehow "trickle down" to
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives
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The Underground Economy and Wage Theft
Our friends at the Catholic Labor Network have released a report on wage theft in the commercial construction industry in Washington, DC. CLN's Ernesto Galeas construction sites across the DC are
Category: Updates
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Featured Speakers: New Social Compact
From April 28-May 1, the Kalmanovitz Initiative will host a multi-day, international convening on forging a new social compact in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that will protect and advance socia
Category: Updates
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WCP: Sea Shanties and the Pleasure of Work
Even if you're not a TikTok user, you might have heard about "Shantytok," the viral series of short videos featuring, of all things, sea shanties. In Working-Class Perspectives this week, Kathy M. Ne
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives
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In Solidarity with Duke University Press Staff
Statement from Duke University Press journal editors and editorial board members concerning the DUP Workers Union "As the editors of academic journals, we are proud to collaborate with the outstan
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WCP: Why Burnley Voted for Brexit – and Why It Matters
Brexit is often presented as reflecting the politics and direction of the United Kingdom as a whole, but its roots lie in local histories and tensions. In Working-Class Perspectives this week, Mike M
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives
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WCP: Bringing Ourselves to Say “Working-Class”
President Joe Biden recently did the most pro-working-class thing any U.S. president has done in decades: he endorsed the right of workers to organize. Yet, as Christopher R. Martin points out in thi
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives
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Register Now: Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class
Wednesday, April 28th - Saturday May 1, 2021 You are invited to join Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor for “Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public
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WEBINAR: “Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda?”
On Wednesday, March 24, over 100 people gathered for a webinar on the emergence of far-right political parties and the impact of these parties on workers, progressive causes, and unions. The Kalmanov
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WCP: Southern Black Women Are Key to Alabama Amazon Union Drive
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama are voting this month on whether to form a union. As Lane Windham writes in this week's Working-Class Perspectives, African-American women are play
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives