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Nelson Lichtenstein

@nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social

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Historian, sometime journalist, retired actually

Nelson Lichtenstein is an American historian. He is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy. He is a labor historian who has written also about 20th-century American political economy, including the automotive industry and Wal-Mart. .. more

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Austin McCoy @austinmccoy.bsky.social · Nov 24

Pitt grad students voted overwhelmingly to unionize. 97%
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Pitt graduate students to unionize with United Steelworkers

University of Pittsburgh graduate student workers successfully voted to unionize. Five years earlier, a similar bid to unionize fell short.

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Brett Olmsted, PhD 🗃️ @brettolmsted.bsky.social · Nov 25

Wait, I keep hearing Republican talking heads saying he has mandate to gut and destroy everything 🙄🤬

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Nov 24

This is a very important point. Please let everyone know.

Post by John Nichols:

Harris is now winning a higher percentage of the popular vote than Trump in 2016 or 2020.

Trump 2016: 46.1%

Trump 2020: 46.8%

Harris 2024: 48.4%

Trump didn’t win a “landslide” in 2024. In fact, his victory margin is one of the smallest in US history.

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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · Nov 25

Yes!

I think @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social's book does a great job of showing why that was. I like how he notes that, after the fall of the Wall, lots of otherwise reasonable people decided capitalism must be the best because it beat the Soviets.

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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · Dec 6

Important indeed as it comes back to Biden, Harris defeat. Supporting @noamscheiber.bsky.social case against Obama's reliance on Clinton advisers is @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social on Clinton, the "Fabulous Failure." btw, purchase his book here, not Amazon: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Es...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jan 3

The New Republic is hiring a Class Politics reporter

Class Politics Reporter

We are looking for an experienced journalist to cover class in America as a full-time staff writer for The New Republic. The ideal candidate is open-minded, intellectually curious, and comfortable int...

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Andrew Elrod @andrewelrod.bsky.social · Jan 16

Guess the year

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Andrew Elrod @andrewelrod.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hint: it’s Harvey O’Connor

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · Jun 24

What shaped Mike Davis’s fierce critique of American capitalism? In a powerful tribute, Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social maps Davis’s journey from New Left Review to City of Quartz and beyond.

Read in LABOR: doi.org/10.1215/1547...

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Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · May 30

If you are interested in the fascinating and provocative career of Mike Davis you might find this retrospective on his work of interest. read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...

Mike Davis: The Road to City of Quartz and Beyond

Abstract. This essay explores the historiographic ideas and political experiences that influenced the work of Mike Davis, the prolific Marxist historian who died in 2022. His first two books, Prisoner...

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Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · May 11

Leftists are now using the word "siblings" rather than "brothers and sisters" when addressing fellow unionists, activists, and movement people. I can see the gender logic, but siblings has little punch. How about "comrades?" That links speaker, writer, and audience in a common, fighting endeavor.

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Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · Apr 29

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The Indispensability of the Labor Organizer

Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · Apr 24

Why did corporatism take root in postwar Germany but not in the U.S.? In the first article of this special issue, @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social explores how both countries shared surprising similarities in the 1940s–50s—before diverging sharply in labor relations models. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

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Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · Apr 15

Here's an article I just published in LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History. A bit relevant to contemporary labor and left discussions over "sectoral bargaining." read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...

Why No Corporatism in the United States? American Versus German Models of Industrial Relations in the Early Postwar Era | Labor | Duke University Press

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Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · Apr 1

Samir Sonti and I have just edited a collection of essays on the labor movement derived from Dissent Magazine's 70 year archive. Here are some thoughts on how we can use that history today. thenewpress.com/blog/author-...

70 Years On: How We’ve Thought About the Unions | The New Press

By Nelson Lichtenstein, co-author of Labor’s Partisans: Essential Writings on the Union Movement from the 1950s to Today Labor’s Partisans is a retrospective on the evolution of the labor movement, as...

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Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thanks

Nelson Lichtenstein @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social · Mar 30

Thanks!