Tag: AFL-CIO foreign policy
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Review Essay-Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade by Jeff Schuhrke
This is a very detailed examination of AFL and AFL-CIO foreign policy program between the 1940s and 1990s, showing not only their efforts but the process by which they carried out this work. Focuses on anticommunism to rationalize its repressive work against workers around the world, with especially strong focus on the work of the…
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The AFL-CIO’s Foreign Policy Program: Where Historians Now Stand
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Besides giving an in-depth review of the literature, this looks at the developments in the past 10 years, many which solidify earlier claims. Chastises Historians for basically ignoring this work, and saying it’s time for them to break out of the confines of their discipline to help further develop the field of critical labor foreign…
