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Don’t believe the doubters: protest still has power

Demonstrations rarely lead to immediate policy change. But they are essential to building community and long-term resistance

The Guardian - US · Apr 22, 2025

‘He never hid himself’: the incredible life of gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin

Netflix’s Oscar-tipped biopic tells the story of an activist whose significant work was often discounted because of his sexuality

The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2023

AP Was There: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 draws hundreds of thousands

On Aug. 28, 1963, AP reporter Raymond J

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023

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Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen

Some of Hollywood’s top stars are joining screenwriters on the picket line after the main U.S. actors union voted to take part in an ongoing strike.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2023

Commentary: Reviving the Southern Black labor movement

In commemorating our forebears during Black History Month, we recognize those who fought for workers’ rights and understood that economic justice does not exist without racial justice. Black workers have always been more than “allies” in labor movements — they were, and are, on the front lines.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.”

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

Uniting America review: how FDR and the GOP beat fascism home and away

Charles Lindbergh casts a shadow over Peter Shinkle’s new book, which ends with a warning about Trump and his party

The Guardian - US · Nov 27, 2022

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Black union pioneers honored on Labor Day

“Despite Jim Crow and the challenges that Black people faced, people who worked on the railroad had an opportunity to build a better life,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said during an event at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2022

5 movies about our rich labor history

Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

Salon · Sep 5, 2022

5 unsung films that dramatize America's rich labor history

Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is in the midst of a new upsurge of union organizing. Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2022

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