Archive: News
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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
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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
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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
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REPORT: Cashing in on Our Homes: Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
Today, the Bargaining for the Common Good Network released a report with our friends at the Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund on the explosion of wealth a
Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, News
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WCP: The Myth of the Conservative Working Class
For years, reports have misidentified supporters of American conservatism as "working class." The error has a grain of truth: economic displacement generated plenty of white working-class anger and r
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Applications Open: KI Summer Internships
KI is now accepting applications for the Summer 2021 Research in Action and Organizing Internships. These paid internships are open to all Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students.Th
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WCP: Bucket Toilets and Casseroles: Belonging, Mutual Aid, and Working-Class Survival
This past year of the pandemic has, for many, been one of struggle and isolation. So films about single older working-class women dealing with economic and personal challenges might not seem inspirin
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