Aimee Loiselle
@aimloiselle
Robbins Chair in US History, WVU Writer, historian, educator, snacker, gardener 'Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for a Place in American Working Class' US labor, women & global capitalism, pop culture reps of work & wealth
Species protection/wildlife preservation are labor issues! Usually the poorest people exploited by dealers the pay price in violence and arrests. Earth League International goes after the organized criminals at the upper levels. An amazing organization!! earthleagueinternational.org/operations-r...
Book talks are such a joyous bonus -- to spend the years researching, writing, editing and then get to talk about it all. Blast. Thanks @murraystate.bsky.social . @uncpress.bsky.social
No money for SNAP, for CDC and IRS staff, for public higher education. But millions for private jets to social events, ball rooms, new patios, gilded wainscoting.
CFP 2/9 New England Historical Association all histories, all time periods, all fields Middlebury College in April
Center for Next System Studies at George Mason invites you to join 1/22 at 12 EST to learn together from the stories of system-change leaders in this virtual event: Celebrating the 2025 Next System Teach-Ins, Launching Toward 2027 Register: actionnetwork.org/events/janua...
I am not one to over-hype the Gen X image of toughness. But the new LED lights (superbright, no heat) are so sparkly yet dull. My household had the colored lights and the old vintage bulbs like Santa and some balls with glass sprinkles. Don't touch.
Connecticut Council for the Social Studies Teacher Awards Nominations due 3/13 >> celebrate history teachers <<
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social Coordinating Council for Women in History CCWH
Labor4Sustainability "Earth is a Hot Shop" Young Worker Listening Proj Report "many young worker leaders attempting to organize at intersection of labor, climate, and social justice" @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social link here: www.labor4sustainability.org/files/YWREPO...
Organizing for Power "Power Up" Four-part Course on Fundamentals of Organizing 11/18 and 20 to 12/2 and 4 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @lawcha.bsky.social
9/30 Any CCWH member with a terminal degree who has not followed a traditional tenure-track path. @theccwh.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social @aaup.org
ICE is a labor issue in many ways. For the undocumented workers, for the undocumented caregivers. And for the regular immigration staff who now have to face the surge in Trumpism hires. The men who show up for policing work like this:
The hideous sterile patio after all the grass, flowers are removed and roses cut back.
Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH) 9/30 @einavrfox.bsky.social
BU Libraries Featured Books Archive at Pardee Library: An archive of past displays. library.bu.edu/newbookarchi... @uncpress.bsky.social
and allow the most wealthy of society to hoard millions and not contribute to the public good.
Historians -- important conversation www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/u...
"Credentialing" to stave off the enrollment cliff. This doomsday-to-salvation in capitalism reminded me of Ronald Reagan. The doom of the evil Soviet Union everywhere, the promise of free market capitalism. Time to push back with another vision: higher education as a fully funded public good.
See you @lawcha.bsky.social LAWCHA Conference Chicago. And join the Contingent & Community College Faculty and Indecent Scholars Committee for a social with the Cook County College Teachers Union.
Join the Contingent & Community College Faculty and Independent Scholars Committee (CCCFIS) for a 6/13 social with the Cook County College Teachers Union (CCCTU) -- at the @lawcha.bsky.social Conference at the University of Chicago June 12-14 @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social