U.S. labor historian. Fighting inequality with @GeorgetownKILWP. Author, “Fraying Fabric" (@IllinoisPress). A force of nature with a touch of Zen.
Joined June 2015
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James C. Benton retweeted
17 Jan 2024
Great read: @JamesCBenton interview about his 2022 @IllinoisPress book on trade policy and textile/apparel workers lawcha.org/2024/01/17/james-…
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25 May 2023
In this @HSciMedTech review, @Shannan_W_Clark calls Fraying Fabric (@IllinoisPress) a “richly detailed” and “very successful analysis” of trade policy, the post-World War II decline of the US textile and apparel industry, and their respective ramifications for American politics.
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James C. Benton retweeted
1 May 2023
Celebrating laborers & the working class on this International Workers' Day
Look for these titles via the link below & in the most recent issue of @jacobin
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cc: @JamesCBenton @LCostaguta @DispatcherIlwu
#laborstudies #unions #workingclass #laborhistory
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James C. Benton retweeted
1 May 2023
📢#MayDay #InternationalWorkersDay 📢
This spring, The Kalmanovitz Initiative, along with 70 college campuses and workers' organizations, stood in solidarity with workers across the country through #LaborSpring - a series of teach-ins and events focused on current labor issues
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James C. Benton retweeted
12 Apr 2023
Enjoy the blooming colors of #LaborSpring! Check out an event near you to learn about and connect to workers' struggles on your campus or in your community. Go to laborspring.org for details.
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James C. Benton retweeted
16 Mar 2023
This event is a part of #LaborSpring, a nationwide series of more than 60 labor teach-ins and events on campuses and in communities nationwide, launched by the GU Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. @GeorgetownKILWP laborspring.org
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James C. Benton retweeted
16 Mar 2023
An March 20 forum at #GeorgetownLaw hosted by @WorkersRtsInst will lift up #workersrights and #laborlaw in a moment of sweeping organizing and activity among the nation’s working people. RSVP: bit.ly/3LuQDXE
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3 Mar 2023
The rain can’t stop #LaborSpring at @HowardU today! Hearing some powerful witness about student activism and the future of The Mecca.
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2 Mar 2023
Thanks to our panel of workers for the important messages they shared last night with their audience! #LaborSpring
2 Mar 2023
Georgetown workers call for respect for all during @guworkersrights forum. #LaborSpring @GeorgetownKILWP
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2 Mar 2023
Thanks to everyone who turned out for this wonderful gathering tonight!
2 Mar 2023
Students and workers together in solidarity. #LaborSpring has begun @Georgetown. You can't hold back the spring thanks to @guworkersrights
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28 Feb 2023
This is one of the initial #LaborSpring events, with much more to come. Join us tomorrow evening!
27 Feb 2023
The first wave of #LaborSpring🌹 is here! Join the Georgetown Coalition for Worker's Rights (@GuWorkersrights) this WEDNESDAY, March 1st to hear directly from Georgetown workers in housekeeping, facilities and recycling!
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28 Feb 2023
A nice review if my book from @frkusch in @hsozkult!
28 Feb 2023
Ja! A German review praises @JamesCBenton's FRAYING FABRIC as a "Pionierarbeit" (pioneering work) showing "analytische Schärfe sowie eine nuancierte und quellengesättigte Darstellung" (analytical sharpness and a nuanced and source-saturated presentation). bit.ly/3IWGMbm
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24 Feb 2023
Thanks! It’s indeed important and I think it will help folks reconsider what we know about US trade policy, labor’s relationship with it, and how trade policy and industrial decline has helped shape contemporary US politics.
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23 Feb 2023
Thanks again to Paul Foster and @WNCW for our recent interview about my book, Fraying Fabric, and the opportunity to discuss the book's connection to western North Carolina.
The audio from that interview is here: wncw.org/podcast/friday-feat…
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17 Feb 2023
In 20 minutes: appearing on @WNCW with Paul Foster to talk about my book, Fraying Fabric! Tune in at 88.7 FM (if you’re in Western NC) or livestream at WNCW.org.
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17 Feb 2023
Tomorrow at 8:50 am I’ll be on @WNCW with Paul Foster discussing my new book, Fraying Fabric! Tune in at 88.7 FM (if you’re in Western NC) or check out the livestream at WNCW.org.
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