The official journal of @lawcha.bsky.social. Published by @dukepress.bsky.social To access all issues of LABOR visit https://read.dukeupress.edu/laborhttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3mf5ed2j62k26Be sure to check out Anders Bright's "Poverty's Capital: Labor Coercion and the Origins of the New York Bank for Savings" in our most recent issue!18 Feb 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5ed2j62k26https://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3md25hf7op224Up first is the Arts & Media essay "The Cost of Compliance" by @rachaelvm454.bsky.social which analyzes Apple TV+’s Severance as a critique of how corporate culture strip workers of autonomy and identity while masking exploitation behind the language of purpose and growth. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1197811422 Jan 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3md25hf7op224https://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3md25czrats24We hope everyone had a good holiday season and the new year has been treating you well. If one of your new year's resolutions was to read and engage with more commentary and historical essays pertaining to labor - you are in luck! Our latest issue (22:4) is out now! dukeupress.edu/labor https://dukeupress.edu/labor22 Jan 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3md25czrats24https://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3mb7pzt33bk2tTo wrap up the year, here are LABOR’s Most Read Articles of 2025! @dukepress.bsky.social is making these articles free for all to read from now until January 31, 2026.30 Dec 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7pzt33bk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3maoatd4lk22gAnd to cap off LAB22:3, here are a bunch of book reviews!23 Dec 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoatd4lk22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3maoah6nxbc2iAnd the pièce de résistance, we have our 2025 Bookmark, arising from the LABOR's 2024 Big Book Forum featuring @loriflores.bsky.social's Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from WWII to COVID-19 (@uncpress.bsky.social).23 Dec 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoah6nxbc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3maoa5ye3722iNext, in “The Voice of the Farmworker,” @tbowmanhist.bsky.social traces how Antonio Orendain’s radio show La Voz del Campesino radicalized farmworkers across the Mexico-Texas border, forging a distinct transnational movement beyond the UFW and California. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1181908423 Dec 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoa5ye3722ihttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3maoa5bqtnc2iThen in “Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets,” Peter Cole shows how dockworkers at global “choke points” fought fascism through direct action. From boycotts against imperial Japan to Pinochet’s Chile, ILWU Local 10 practiced labor internationalism on the job. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1182226423 Dec 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoa5bqtnc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3maoa432tgk2iAfter that, Joshua Newmark examines how Spanish anarchists engaged with the Mexican Revolution during the Spanish Civil War. “Decentering Internationalism” shows how solidarity with a former colony challenged Eurocentric hierarchies and reshaped anarchist internationalism. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1181907623 Dec 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoa432tgk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3maoa2nzw2k2kFirst, the Contemporary Affairs piece “The US Unions Taking a Stand for Palestine” in which @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social examines how US unions broke with convention after Oct. 7, 2023—risking backlash by calling for a Gaza ceasefire, an arms embargo, and Palestinian freedom. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1210570923 Dec 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoa2nzw2k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3mao7z5ej5c2kThe new issue has tons of great material, but before we turn to 22:4, we need to finish highlighting our articles from the last issue (22:3) because there was just too much material to cover! (Also I got behind in my work and they won’t hire me an assistant) So here’s another LABOR lighting round!23 Dec 2025 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mao7z5ej5c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3mao7yeahnk2bOur latest issue (22:4) is now available online! https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/22/423 Dec 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mao7yeahnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laborlawchajournal.bsky.social/post/3m4yfwtavz22vWhat connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1182231206 Nov 2025 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:tt2nygvjx4vmdfcog7uochlo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4yfwtavz22v