Erik Loomis
Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
- This Day in Labor History: May 15, 1905. A Maraka noble in modern-day Mali killed a slave who was part of a broader slave exodus that helped bring the end to official slavery in the French African colonies. Let's talk transformation of slave societies in west Africa!
- Now hold on a minute. Let's be fair here. Newsom also has a lot of guiding principles around his hair.
- This man has no guiding principles other than his own ambition and ego and should be made to fail miserably in the 2028 primary. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
- Just in case you forgot the Times was a terrible newspaper www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
- I have long criticized Jacobin for being terrible, and then I've ignored it for years for being utterly irrelevant. That said, this interview absolutely nails it. jacobin.com/2025/05/trum...
- This Day in Labor History: May 13, 1888. Brazil abolished slavery. The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to do so, it brought to an end the fundamental labor force of American colonization. Let's talk about this important moment in human history!
- This Day in Labor History: May 12, 1878. This is a moment to discuss the incredible importance of Beecher’s 1841 book Treatise on Domestic Economy, its influence on housework for middle class women, and the general rise of housework as a modern middle class phenomenon that transformed the nation!
- I wonder what happened around January 20 to make the American air system go to shit? Hmmm......
- This Day in Labor History: May 10, 1869. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines met at Promontory Point, Utah. Let's talk about the horrible conditions for the Chinese workers who built the western half of the railroad!
