Transcribing Labor: A New Transcription Campaign Focusing on the AFL Records at the Library of Congress.

April 26, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

When the American Federation of Labor (AFL) first took shape in the latter half of the nineteenth century, it did so as waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Latin America washed over the United States’ shores, bringing increasing ethnic, racial, and religious diversity to the nation. However, immigration intersected with large scale industrialization, and […]

The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Radical Planning—A Review of “Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning”

April 4, 2023.Reading time 14 minutes.

Sevilla-Buitrago, Álvaro. Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2022. Reviewed by Mohamed Gamal-Eldin and Marianne Dhenin Historian Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago delivers a provocative account of how planning has shaped our world in his debut single-author monograph, Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning, recently released from […]

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Month: April 2023

Transcribing Labor: A New Transcription Campaign Focusing on the AFL Records at the Library of Congress.

The Rise and Fall of Transatlantic Radical Planning—A Review of “Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning”