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Julie Greene

@greeneland.bsky.social

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Labor and migration historian @UMaryland. Author of The Canal Builders and Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal. https://tinyurl.com/Pre-Order-Box-25

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

So terrible.

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2d

please contact the president of Texas State University, Kelly Damphousse, and urge him to respect academic freedom and the first amendment and restore Professor Tom Alter to teaching.

[email protected], 512-245-2121.

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Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors

AAUP champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty and staff to promote economic security and quality education.

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Alexandra Finley @alexfinley.bsky.social · Sep 12

LAWCHA Statement on the Unjust Firing of Professor Thomas Alter

Resolution on Academic Freedom and Firing of Tom Alter

Statement by the Labor and Working-Class History Association on Academic Freedom and the Unjust Firing of Professor Thomas Alter We, the Officers and Members of the Board of Directors of the Labor ...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 14d

Join @aaup.org and be represented by its ROCK STAR legal team!

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 14d

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 15d

***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series***

Join @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo.

October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST

Register here: iehs.org/event/online...

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 20d

We are excited to announce Labor's Big Book Forum for 2025! Scheduled for Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET via Zoom, this year we feature Rudi Batzell's (@rbatzell.bsky.social) new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)

A flier that says: 2025 Labor Big Book Forum; Friday Oct 17 2-4 ET ; Register Today! with the link: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025 ; and has a picture of the book "Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery" which features four sets of raised fists, alternating between red and blue.

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 18d

Hooray!

Ben Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · 18d

actual good news this week: www.kxan.com/news/local/h...

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Robyn Muncy @robynm.bsky.social · 18d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Washington, D.C.” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS in Washington, D.C. · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 20d

Commentaries will be provided by Lara Vapnek (St. John’s University), Kevin Kenny (@kevinkenny.bsky.social) (New York University), Richard Price (University of Maryland), and Naomi Williams (Rutgers). Julie Greene (@greeneland.bsky.social) will moderate.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23d

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Sep 15

“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · Sep 14

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · Sep 12

While we continue to track the administration’s attacks on the federal workforce, one thing is becoming clear: federal spending is up while the government’s ability to deliver on basic services is declining. unbreaking.org/issues/equal...

Equality at Work: Explainer — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · Sep 11

Looking forward to this convo— please join us!

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · Sep 11

***Fall Online Book Event***

Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate. Register below. Please note that this event will happen via Google Meet, not Zoom.

iehs.org/event/online...

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · Sep 9

Begging people not to treat open white supremacy from the Supreme Court as incomprehensible inconsistency.

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day, anti-Fascist friends!

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · Aug 31

Looking forward to reading— congrats!

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · Aug 12

A GIANT WHEELIE? CALL IN THE TROOPS!

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Danziger

Cartoon showing a giant Trump head shouting with Hitler emerging from his mouth saying "The streets of our country are in turmoil.
The Universities are filled with students rebelling and rioting.
Communists are seeking to destroy our country ....without law and order our nation can not survive. - Adolf Hitler 1932"

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MrB @kendbridge.bsky.social · Aug 12

Now this is what it’s about! This gives me hope for the future!

Nana Rose🇺🇦 @nanarose2018.bsky.social · Aug 12

Well said

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Valedictorian Slams Trump in Viral Speech

YouTube video by NowThis Impact

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Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · Aug 12

My god this is creepy.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 12

The propagandists running the @DHSgov account are deliberately pushing thinly-veiled neo-Nazi material through the official communications channels of the U.S. government. Their goal is stirring outrage (to which they will express fake outrage) and signaling to their followers where they're going.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · Aug 12

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

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