Will Jones
Historian of race and class; Author: The March on Washington & The Tribe of Black Ulysses; Professor, University of Minnesota; President, @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social; Editor, "Up For Debate" @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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Labor History starter pack
Scholars, activists and institutions who post about the histories of work, workers, unions, class, labor etc.
@itsmccarthy.bsky.social
University of California Santa Cruz Prof. Director of Community Studies. Author: The Master’s Tools (Verso) + Dismantling Solidarity (Cornell). Senior Associate Editor: Critical Sociology. Likes: economic democracy, critical social theory, 2x2 tables.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
@victornarro1.bsky.social
Immigrant Rights & Labor Activist UCLA Labor Center Project Director Core Faculty for UCLA Labor Studies & UCLA School of Law Follower of spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi Struggling magician aka El Mago del Pueblo
@michaelforparks.bsky.social
Candidate for MPLS Parks At Large. Community organizer, democratic socialist, pro-union, passionate about environmental justice. michaelforparks.org linktr.ee/michaelforparks
@whimsikal.bsky.social
Educator. Chicago ——> Minneapolis. 40+. Married. Aspiring abolitionist. Sci-fi & reality tv. 1922 🐩.
@amockingbird.bsky.social
Public health, reproductive justice, big nerd about tv as health education. Fighting depression and anxiety with cats, bunnies, and raccoons. And being clever never got me very far. she/her
@aacu.org
Advancing the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. aacu.org
@roapejournal.bsky.social
Since 1974 the Review of African Political Economy has provided radical analysis of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of change. Check out our longer bio at https://roape.net/about-roape/
@tbobrowsky.bsky.social
Librarian. Side hustle: Producer & host of What We're Reading on KAXE / KBXE in northern MN https://www.kaxe.org/show/what-were-reading
@andrewkarre.bsky.social
Midwesterner. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth.
@junauda.bsky.social
Runaway Witch * Soul Sweetener * Author of Radical Tings * 🇹🇹West Indian of the Midwest🇻🇮 * mama of wildness * Lover* Free Congo, Palestine, Sudan and ALL a we!
@shannongibney.bsky.social
Author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be; We Miss You, GF; Where We Come From (co-author) + others. Printz Honor, Carter G. Woodson + 3 MN Book Awards. Also: Adoptee, Blerd, Mama, Prof, Runner, Traveler, waiting for the world to end in ‘25.
@jfallows.bsky.social
Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
@50501movement.bsky.social
Official Bluesky account for the #50501Movement 🚨 Next up: May 1 Join the Movement > https://FiftyFifty.one
@maryvav.bsky.social
Media Studies prof, studying & teaching about media and: gender, race, politics, war, political economy Dog and cat lover Hiker and cyclist Anti-trump through and through
@jonweiler.bsky.social
Award winning political scientist, also interested in the intersection between sports and politics. Aspiring raconteur. Substack: https://jonathanweiler.substack.com/
@rwpusa.bsky.social
lawyer, law professor, Independent, Minnesota, USA. Go Gophers!
@wck.org
WCK immediately prepares & serves fresh, nourishing meals to communities impacted by natural disasters and during humanitarian crises. #ChefsForTheWorld Learn more: linktr.ee/wckitchen
@maxineeichner.bsky.social
Law Prof. Families, gender, reproductive rights, and inequality. Views definitely not UNC’s.
@mitrasharafi.bsky.social
Legal historian at the University of Wisconsin Law School & President-elect, American Society for Legal History. History of forensic science, law books & legal education. Parsi legal culture. South Asia & British empire. Also dogs! Views my own.
@multifacetedchic.bsky.social
PhD candidate In Host-Pathogen Interaction Travel | Art Lover| Science Nerd|Fashion🫶🏾 Views are my own Everything Black Women 🤎 If you don’t want to see my yapping, Do not follow me. 🤷🏾♀️
@rondebeaulieu.bsky.social
Minneapolitan, author of Minnesota's Most Notorious Mobster: The Making and Breaking of Kid Cann (https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9781467158930), Minneapolis Murder & Mayhem, and St. Paul Murder & Mayhem
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
THE Decentralized General Strike Network ✊ Uniting 3.5% (11 million Americans!) to actively participate in a STRIKE for economic & political reconstruction. JOIN US: www.GeneralStrikeUS.com LEARN MORE: https://linktr.ee/generalstrikeus
@mitchlemon.bsky.social
I have a whole Sam-and-Diane thing with the world. I am relatively extremely Minnesotan.
@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
@jamalgreene.bsky.social
Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. How Rights Went Wrong (http://tinyurl.com/36fwz4wj). Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
@americansunited.bsky.social
Bringing together people of all religions and none to defend our democracy & fight for freedom without favor & equality without exception. linktr.ee/au.org
@isaackamola.bsky.social
Higher education & African anticolonialism. Professor at Trinity College. Wrote "Making the World Global" and "Free Speech And Koch Money." Director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (AAUP). Views=my own.
@nelp.org
Every worker deserves a good job, one that pays a living wage and includes robust benefits. NELP is leading the fight to make a good-jobs economy a reality.
@awhf.bsky.social
Columbia SIPA professor studying labor policy, politics of policy design, and political economy. Co-director of Consortium on American Political Economy & Columbia Labor Lab. Former Biden-Harris Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget.
@rooseveltforward.org
Advocacy affiliate of @rooseveltinstitute.org. We believe that new politics and policymaking—that can equalize power in our society—are possible. www.rooseveltforward.org || Subscribe to our Substack #FiresideStacks 🔥 firesidestacks.com
@mollycoleman.bsky.social
Candidate for Saint Paul City Council in Ward Four. Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
@crawfordforwi.bsky.social
Former prosecutor, current Circuit Court Judge, and Justice-elect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
@johnmullahy.bsky.social
UW-Madison (Prof. of Health Econ.). Also Univ. of Galway, NBER. C.V.: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/kkaquhtv5b2og4yo6md5p34f7q7gx1ju Banner image: The Library, Jacob Lawrence (1960)
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security. Tips? Signal: NickMiroff.78
@rouhiroo.bsky.social
Director #openscience @AIPP; political theory PhD dropout; former @PLOS-er; co-author of DefendResearch.org 📜 against #censorship: https://tinyurl.com/2dyadwzr #PostsAreMyOwn We're half awake in a Fake Empire. ORCiD: 0000-0003-1803-6186
@umnglu.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account for University of Minnesota's Graduate Labor Union UE Local 1105. The U works because we do! https://umnglu.org/
@wearehighered.bsky.social
We are a collective of academics who believe that higher education is vital to a functioning democracy--and we will fight for it. https://www.wearehighered.org
@fedworkersunited.bsky.social
Federal workers fighting back against DOGE MAY DAY EVENTS maydaystrong.org JOIN OUR MOVEMENT ⤵️ savepublicservices.com SAVE THE SSA/EPA/VA PETITIONS: https://linktr.ee/funfedworkers