Happy May Day! A reminder that Catholic social teaching supports a robust set of worker rights including just wages, decent working conditions, ample leisure, social benefits, unions and collective bargaining, and sharing in ownership and management of enterprises.

STRANGERS NO LONGER reframes the history of Latinos in Wisconsin by revealing religion’s central role in the settlement experience of immigrants, migrants, & refugees

#newbook out now from Sergio Gonzalez (@MUArtsSciences)
go.illinois.edu/s24gonzalez

#LatinxStudies #Religion #Midwest

I've covered campus activism since the late 90s. Nothing that's happening on campuses now -- sit ins, building takeovers, encampments -- is at all outside the standard vernacular of student protest.

What's unusual is administrators calling in riot cops on their own students

My book is officially out today!

It comes after years of hard work which coincided with a period of great unrest and crisis in Nicaragua.

Happy on this publication day and grateful for the loved ones who made it possible.

Congratulations to Jesus Salas, and his title “Obreros Unidos,” for winning gold in the multicultural category for the IBPA awards!

This is exactly the right position. Promote immigration, encourage legalization and support families. This is common sense humanity, and what we were promised.

As a current officer for Immigration and Ethnic History Society I couldn't be prouder of our executive board for endorsing this message. University leaders *must* do a better job protecting the rights of students, faculty, and staff to protest on campus. Anything less is a dereliction of their duty.

From the great Robin D.G. Kelley: 'Universities are not supposed to resemble dictatorships or Fortune 500 companies, irrespective of the size of their endowments.'

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I don't know if we're witnessing the beginning of the end of the neoliberal university, but we are certainly seeing its true face: pabulum about care, belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion mixed with coercive, violent practices of control and discipline.

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'Don’t get frustrated if traditional archival resources don’t initially provide you w/the sources you need to tell these histories.'

Sergio Gonzalez (@MUArtsSciences) answers questions about his #newbook on the UIP blog 
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#LatinxStudies #Religion #Midwest

The key part from this farmer's quote that often gets left out - '...and also provide them with the dignity that they deserve.”

We need to emphasize that Wisconsin may *need* foreign workers, same as they have for over 50 years, but employers need to provide jobs with dignity.

As a former LAWCHA board member, I'm glad to see the organization make this clear-voiced statement. Students, faculty, and staff have a right to protest without having to fear repression and the use of force by police.

With Not Nearly Enough Workplace Safety Protections, Latino Worker Deaths Are Surging

Latinos have the highest fatality rate. In 2022, 1,248 Latino workers were killed on the job in the U.S., a 57% jump from a decade earlier.
inthesetimes.com/article/latino…

While for Heartland History, Carolina Ortega & Dr. Megan Birk interviewed Sergio Gonzalez on his book Strangers No Longer from Illinois Press:
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Thanks so much to Gina Castro at Journal Sentinel for taking the time to talk about Wisconsin's Latino history.

We've got plenty more chapters left to add to this story!

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Continue the struggle!!! Sign up for the course I developed and have, w/ about 20 GREAT organizers, taught to 40,000 workers in 111 countries. The WORK must go on! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Organizing for Power Starts May 7th--groups of 10 or more!!! Go, fight and WIN! 🩶

It was an honor to facilitate this book talk! Everyone should grab a copy of Sergio Gonzalez ‘s new book and listen to him break down the process of writing such an important and timely history of Latinos in the Midwest!!!

Check out the latest episode of Heartland History featuring a conversation with me and Carolina Ortega on my new book, Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging & Faith in 20th Century Wisconsin. Thanks to Dr. Megan Birk for moderating and Camden Burd for introducing!
Midwestern History Association Illinois Press

Can't wait to spend time talking about religion and the Midwestern left in the 1980s with Sergio Gonzalez and David Mislin at #MidwestHistory24 !

Midwestern History Association has cooked up a great conference...can't wait to see everyone there!