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@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@melissagiragrant.com
staff writer, The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) out in 2026 // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of NY » email: melissa@melissagira.com » press releases/lists: mggrant@tnr.com » Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@gabrielwinant.bsky.social
Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him.
@haymarketbooks.org
radical publisher of politics, culture, current events haymarketbooks.org
@aflcio.org
America's Labor Unions, representing nearly 15 million members across the country.
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Read me: HamiltonNolan.com My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
@quinnslobodian.com
Historian of bad ideas. Out now: HAYEK'S BASTARDS: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hayek-s-bastards-race-gold-iq-and-the-capitalism-of-the-far-right-quinn-slobodian/21814849?ean=9781890951917 quinnslobodian.com
@workingclasshistory.com
History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
@alexhanna.bsky.social
Director of Research, DAIR Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬⚧ She/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Precarity • Race General Counsel AAUP Sam's sister ❤️
@brycecovert.bsky.social
Journalist writing about the economy. Contributing writer at @thenation.com, member of @fspnwu.bsky.social. Send tips to brycecovert@protonmail.com or on Signal: brycecovert.25 she/her
@josheidelson.bsky.social
Senior reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work
@jmijin.bsky.social
Assist prof, env studies; Fellow, Climate Jobs Institute and @cplusc.bsky.social; Board, Greenpeace Fund; just transition; labor/climate. #COYS 🇰🇷🇺🇸 📚: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262550796/a-just-transition-for-all/ https://mijincha.com
@charlottegarden.bsky.social
Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
@sanjukta.bsky.social
Interested in the idea and practice and law of economic coordination. I work as a law professor at a public university.
@larryglickman.bsky.social
Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present.
@nlrbgov.bsky.social
National Labor Relations Board For NLRB General Counsel: @nlrbgc.bsky.social
@davidmarcus.bsky.social
Literary Editor @TheNation. Working on a history of socialism in the United States. Essays and more: http://linktr.ee/davidimarcus
@nhold.bsky.social
Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. We also engage UC Berkeley students in learning about the labor movement.
@austinmccoy.bsky.social
Historian, Old School Rap Specialist. Writing book on history of the Left in Midwest and another one about De La Soul. https://austincmccoy.com/ https://austincmccoy.substack.com/
@willpjones.bsky.social
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 ORCHID: 0000-0001-9295-866X
@epi.org
We're a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank using the tools of economics to defend & promote the interests of workers in economic policy discussions. epi.org Podcast: epi.org/podcast/ Newsletter: epi.org/signup/ Federal Policy Watch: epi.org/policywatch
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
- Editor in Chief & Co-Executive Director, @therealnews.com - Host, Working People podcast - Author, The Work of Living - Dad to many cats
@gauthamrao.bsky.social
Historian. #LFGM #LFC NYM-G-K-I. edit Law & History Review. my opinions. he/him/his. Book projects on (1) slavery + laws; (2) The West Wing.
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@davidharvey.org
Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. Latest book: A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
@erikloomis.bsky.social
Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/
@eladiobobadilla.com
Pittsburgh-based historian of social movements, radicalism and extremism, the working class, and immigration and ethnicity. Father. Autism advocate. Duke, Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Riverhounds, RSL, USM&WNT, Liverpool, St. Pauli.
@abenanav.bsky.social
Asst Professor of Global development at Cornell University, book: Automation and the Future of Work with Verso, currently: fellow at the New Institute in Hamburg. http://www.aaronbenanav.com
@victorpickard.bsky.social
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
@sarahljaffe.bsky.social
Troublemaker. Vagrant. Author of From the Ashes, Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble.
@brishen.bsky.social
Prof at Georgetown Law. Labor law, political economy, technology, other things. I no longer have a twitter account. Author, Data & Democracy at Work, The MIT Press. Open Access version at https://tinyurl.com/btv74buj
@simonjaeger.bsky.social
Labor Economist | Econ Prof @Princeton https://jaeger.scholar.princeton.edu/
@greenhousenyt.bsky.social
Retired New York Times labor reporter, senior fellow Century Foundation, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
@contingent-mag.bsky.social
History is for everyone. Every way of doing history is worthwhile. Historians should be paid for their work. www.contingentmagazine.org
@marisollebron.bsky.social
Queer Latina | Professor | Policing Life & Death | Aftershocks of Disaster | Against Muerto Rico | PRsyllabus
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London. Author: Entrepreneurial State, Value of Everything, Mission Economy, Big Con. Founding Director UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose www.marianamazzucato.com
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration | 19th-century | race | labor | slavery | global migration | diaspora
@onachtwey.bsky.social
Sociologist. Interested in (digital) capitalism, work, authoritarianism and social conflicts. Book: "Offended Freedom. The Rise of Libertarian Authoritarianism" (Polity 2024). https://tinyurl.com/offended-freedom
@jlynch13.bsky.social
🌻Poli sci, inequality, health/social policy, methods, Europe. Teaching & learning, dogs, mezzo-alto, ME/CFS. New book out May 27: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better
@dskamper.bsky.social
Avuncular unionist, uxorious husband, labor historian, cat guy. "Who's Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions" coming in 2025 from New Press. Lives in Minnesota. Posts are personal. The cat in the profile pic is Laverne, aka Peanut.
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
@drconvictsandcane.bsky.social
Historian of convict labor/prisons, Black Texas, U.S. History! Assistant professor in a red state. 🥴 Writing a book that explores the significance of sugar and Black convict labor and the shaping of the Texas prison farm model. The House that Cane Built!!
@ericblanc.bsky.social
Assistant Prof Rutgers Labor Studies; author We are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/ Red State Revolt, laborpolitics.substack.com; EWOC, Rutgers AAUP-AFT, 🌹
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