I teach U.S. history & labor studies at a public university in California. First 40 years in the Midwest. Posting personal opinions about labor & migration history, worker organizing, higher ed policy, Midwest politics and regionalism. He/him.
Toby Higbie
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As Chicago's Broadview 6 case falls apart, Feds charge Minnesota activists with felony conspiracy for actions during the federal occupation of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Union members among those arrested are charged with participating in worker assemblies organized by labor unions
Have been on Bluesky for a long time and I’m still running into people I used to follow on Twitter but don’t yet follow here. Getting the social graph back together …slowly
“This past winter, the Trump administration tried to break Minnesotans’ solidarity and basic sense of decency by flooding our state with armed agents. They failed. Now they are trying to break us in the courtroom. They will fail again.” --Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham
Here's the indictment.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Which way for labor? Which way for democracy? A union strategist and a labor historian point to the labor/community coalitions that took on ICE in Minnesota as the model for reclaiming democracy and reviving the power of workers
inthesetimes.com/article/resi...
Winning elections in 2026 and 2028 isn't enough, say @stephenlerner.bsky.social and @josephamccartin.bsky.social. Corporate power backing Trump will simply regroup behind newly empowered Dems. They call on unions to lead expansive coalitions to take the fight beyond the ballot box
Stinging critique of higher ed administrators who deploy "AI centrism" to justify blowing millions on AI chat bot contracts that are causing "chaos" across campus. Relevant beyond the CSU system
Beatrice Lumpkin, daughter of immigrant radicals and stalwart of progressive movements has passed at 107. I had the pleasure to meet Bea and her husband Frank in 2004 during the "Outspoken" exhibition at the Newberry. She was very generous and encouraging.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
“Our job security proposals really aim to reflect … the value of our labor and our contributions to campus.” www.dailycal.org/news/uc/dign... #WeTeachUC
Building Power to Win the Future of Higher Education and Democracy: new proposals from @aaup.org. We won’t survive the next few years unless we learn to fight. www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
