US complicity in #Israel’s brutal campaign against #Gaza together with fears about economic insecurity may further fragment the multiracial coalition that the Dems have long taken for granted. Disaffected voters may stay home on election day.. Cedric de Leon jacobin.com/2024/06/democr…

Are you thinking about how to best handle 2024 politics in your Fall Sociology classes? @FirstPublics has you covered with an upcoming Webinar on Wed, Aug 21st from 12:00-1:30 EST with Edwin Ackerman, @bhbradlow, Cedric de Leon, & Johnnie Lotesta. RSVP: bit.ly/3yaUPr2

Pleased to share the text of my paper w/ fmr UMass Sociology student @AaronFoote_ in City & Community "Origins of the Flint Water Crisis: Uneven Development, Urban Political Ecology, and Racial Capitalism" featuring the work of @DocDantzler academia.edu/123328569/Orig… via Academia

Proud to share the full text of my paper w/ UMass Sociology student Venus Green in Sociology of Race & Ethnicity "The Ruse of Recognition: Black Labor in the Afterlife of Slavery" Race and Ethnicity academia.edu/123328094/The_… via Academia

Letter to the editor of Inside Higher Ed on McGill University’s effort to bust their faculty union Barry Eidlin insidehighered.com/opinion/letter…

Check out our section member Cedric de Leon's recent contribution to the Work in Progress blog entitled Anti-Blackness and the Historical Limits of Progressive Trade Unionism! wipsociology.org/2024/11/11/ant…

Why did interracial solidarity fail to gain traction in postbellum organized labor? Read more by Venus Green (UMass Sociology) and Cedric de Leon (Cedric de Leon) at: wipsociology.org/2024/11/11/ant…

Proud to co-author this essay with UMass Sociology PhD student Venus Green in the Work in Progress blog: “Anti-Blackness and the Historical Limits of Progressive Trade Unionism” - wipsociology.org/2024/11/11/ant…

Pre-order my new book Freedom Train! Most accounts of interracial labor solidarity are about white progressives. In Freedom Train I center the role of Black activists in desegregating American unions. Get 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 ucpress.edu/books/freedom-… University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Naomi Schneider

For those in the DC area, please come to my book talk at Georgetown Law School! University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Naomi Schneider

Happy MLK Day! If you are in the DC area, please come to my talk, "Labor, Slavery & Antiblackness" at the Georgetown Law School Workers' Rights Institute this Thurs, Jan 23 @ 2pm, reception to follow. Many thanks to Jamillah Bowman Williams University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Naomi Schneider

Check out my video published for masslivenews! Huge shoutouts to Rylee Davis Laleh Panahi (my partners-in-crime), Steve Fox, Cedric de Leon and 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜 🤗 youtu.be/Ad-swHS9UPk

New Haven friends: I’ll be back from sabbatical for a one day engagement at Yale to present on my new book, Freedom Train. The talk is at 12 noon Wed, March 5 at 493 College St, Room 106. Hope to see you there! ⁦⁦University of California Press (is on Bluesky)⁩ ⁦⁦Naomi Schneider⁩ ⁦⁦Yale Sociology⁩

My new book, Freedom Train, on the role of Black workers in desegregating the US labor movement, drops today! 1. Order now. Code UCPSAVE30 to get 30% off from University of California Press (is on Bluesky) 2. Share on social media 3. Post an Amazon review 4. Request the book at your local library Naomi Schneider

Join me at UCLA on Wed, May 7@1pm in Bunche 6272 to discuss my book, Freedom Train. Let's explore the origins of interracial solidarity together! Register at bit.ly/LS-deleon. Thx to ⁦Kevan Harris⁩ ⁦UCLA IRLE⁩ ⁦UCLA Sociology⁩ ⁦UCLA Dept.of History⁩

WIN a signed copy of Kellie Carter Jackson's "We Refuse" (Seal Press) on Black resistance, or Cedric de Leon's "Freedom Train" (University of California Press (is on Bluesky)) on interracial labor solidarity at our Saturday, Sept. 6, Listener Appreciation Party at Cary's Lounge. Doors open at 3PM. patreon.com/posts/win-powe…

To quote the movie Matewan: "Any union that keeps a worker out on account of his race ain't a union. It's a goddam club." This Labor Day, read about the brave people who desegregated the labor movement. Buy my book "Freedom Train": ucpress.edu/books/freedom-…. University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Naomi Schneider

Join me at the "Solidarity is a Verb" panel at Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, Plymouth Court Stage, Sat, Sept 6 at 12 noon where I'll discuss my new book, "Freedom Train." Mark your calendars and bring a friend! Full event schedule here: printersrowlitfest.org/schedule-grid-… University of California Press (is on Bluesky)

Excited to announce a joint book talk this Fri, Sept 12, on the theme "Strategies for Revitalizing Labor" with Eric Blanc.Join us in person at the Janice H. Levin Building, 94 Rockefeller Rd in Piscataway, NJ or on Zoom at: rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/regist… University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Naomi Schneider

Western Mass! The UMass Amherst Labor Center is hosting a joint book talk featuring Eric Blanc & me Mon, Sept 29 @ 4pm in the Old Chapel. Amherst Books will have copies available for purchase. Register w QR code below or by visiting lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/z9zv76h University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Naomi Schneider