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    On the inhumanity of Illinois's government in the 1930s
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 49 min

    On the inhumanity of Illinois's government in the 1930s

    In case anyone is interested in the history of the Great Depression, particularly in Chicago, here's an excerpt from a chapter of my...
    Introduction to my forthcoming book
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 22 min

    Introduction to my forthcoming book

    If all goes well, I'll be publishing a book sometime in the not-too-distant future. It'll be called something like Popular Radicalism and...
    The Workers' Bill
    • Sep 4, 2020
    • 35 min

    The Workers' Bill

    Here's the last section of chapter 6 of my dissertation on the unemployed in Chicago during the Depression. The previous two sections are...
    On the Unemployed Councils and the Chicago Workers' Committee
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 54 min

    On the Unemployed Councils and the Chicago Workers' Committee

    The last chapter of my dissertation on the unemployed in Chicago during the Great Depression is, I think, more interesting than the...
    The radical dimensions of mass consciousness, part 2
    • Aug 23, 2020
    • 25 min

    The radical dimensions of mass consciousness, part 2

    Here's the sequel to this post, from the last chapter of my Ph.D. thesis. It's just an excerpt. The main point of it is to argue against...
    Homeless men in the Great Depression
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 53 min

    Homeless men in the Great Depression

    Here's another over-long blog post. It's a chapter from my dissertation, on homeless men during the Great Depression. I'm not sure it's...
    Primary sources on Communists and the unemployed during the Great Depression
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Primary sources on Communists and the unemployed during the Great Depression

    While writing my PhD dissertation a few years ago ("Down But Not Out: The Unemployed in Chicago during the Great Depression"), I...
    Gender norms in a Chilean copper mine
    • Jun 13, 2020
    • 6 min

    Gender norms in a Chilean copper mine

    [This was supposed to be a short outline for a student presentation I had to give. So excuse the roughness. Here are more book reviews.]...
    A Marxist history of World War II
    • Nov 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    A Marxist history of World War II

    I recently read a book by Chris Bambery called The Second World War: A Marxist History (2014) and decided it was good enough to take...
    The coming great depression
    • Feb 22, 2015
    • 2 min

    The coming great depression

    The following is a resolution proposed at a Chicago conference of the Communist Party’s Unemployed Councils in 1930, in the context of...

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