Mother Jones did a long interview with me about the state of the labor movement, our labor history, and the idea of the general strike. I have to say, I was really honored by this and I think it turned out pretty well. Here's a...
Author: Erik Loomis
On May 2, 1972, a fire started in the Sunshine Mine, outside of Kellogg, Idaho. The fire filled the mine chambers with carbon monoxide and other poisonous gas. Of the.
Here’s my reading list for April. This is last month’s list and you can follow it back from there. Professional Reading: Jim Morris, The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the.
On May 1, 2010, a group of 1,000 subcontractors from India and Nepal laboring in Iraq working for the U.S. military occupation went on a violent rampage against their terrible living conditions, coincidentally using the May Day holiday to highlight how poorly they were treated....
I have a new article in The Nation, with discussions of my 20 favorite leftist films for May Day! Watch em! Here's a chunk of them! Salt of the Earth (1954)..
The historian Lawrence Glickman explores the historical memory of birthright citizenship and notes that basically everyone has known exactly what it means ever since Wong Kim Ark. With birthright citizenship.
I happen to teach in Rhode Island, but it's not like I have much of a choice, not if I want to stay in my chosen profession. This is the only tenure-track job I was ever offered and there simply aren't jobs in my fields...
This is the grave of Charles Marlatt. Born in 1863 in Atchison, Kansas, Marlatt went to what became Kansas State University, the land grant school for that state. He went.
Alito's opinion was drawn straight from the American tradition of racebaiting and justification at the heart of American history. How much difference is there between Alito and Pitchfork Ben Tillman?.
This is the grave of Benjamin Lincoln. Born in 1733 in Higham, Massachusetts, Lincoln grew up pretty well off for this time and place. His father was an important political figure in the colony in the mid 18th century. But even being relatively wealthy here...
I actually enjoy the Times' interviews with random voters. The reason is that reading their completely nonsensical opinions is a great reminder to the political person that the average American.
A stupid country filled with stupid people leads to stupid conspiracy theories about health personified by our stupid government: In the fight over solar development, Heath said he was bombarded.