James C. Benton

U.S. labor historian. Fighting inequality with @GeorgetownKILWP. Author, “Fraying Fabric" (@IllinoisPress). A force of nature with a touch of Zen.

[LaborOnline @LaborOnline]

Great read: @JamesCBenton interview about his 2022 @IllinoisPress book on trade policy and textile/apparel workers https://t.co/FLHgZgxxiG

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

@nwertsch is on the mic today with a word about the @FairFoodProgram

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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.

[Illinois Press @IllinoisPress]

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
https://t.co/298WcO7HMQ

cc: @JamesCBenton @LCostaguta @DispatcherIlwu
#laborstudies #unions #workingclass #laborhistory

[@georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @GeorgetownKILWP]

📢#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

[Joseph A. McCartin @JosephMcCartin]

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 https://t.co/sgjcy6EMxX for details.

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

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[Georgetown Law @GeorgetownLaw]

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 https://t.co/ULUqw1WhS1

[Georgetown Law @GeorgetownLaw]

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: https://t.co/ruXDonohM5

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

The rain can’t stop #LaborSpring at @HowardU today! Hearing some powerful witness about student activism and the future of The Mecca.

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

Thanks to our panel of workers for the important messages they shared last night with their audience! #LaborSpring

[Lane Windham @LaneWindham]

Georgetown workers call for respect for all during @guworkersrights forum. #LaborSpring @GeorgetownKILWP

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

Thanks to everyone who turned out for this wonderful gathering tonight!

[Joseph A. McCartin @JosephMcCartin]

Students and workers together in solidarity. #LaborSpring has begun @Georgetown. You can't hold back the spring thanks to @guworkersrights

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

This is one of the initial #LaborSpring events, with much more to come. Join us tomorrow evening!

[@georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @GeorgetownKILWP]

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!

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

A nice review if my book from @frkusch in @hsozkult!

[Joseph A. McCartin @JosephMcCartin]

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). https://t.co/3pQCuExrNU

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

@frkusch offers a very sound review of Fraying Fabric in the German academic journal H-Soz-Kult!

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

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.

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

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: https://t.co/83YzlOBBtW

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[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

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 https://t.co/5axzIji0Je.

[James C. Benton @JamesCBenton]

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 https://t.co/5axzIji0Je.