And, our INAUGURAL 2021 #APSALabor A. Philip Randolph Award for best graduate paper goes to matt lacouture for “Reinforcing Boundaries of the Political: Labor Activism Spillover and the 'Concession-Repression Dilemma' in Jordan” 🪅🪅🪅

Check out Cody R. Melcher in Jacobin on “What do socialists actually believe?” jacobinmag.com/2022/05/survey…

My first article in Jacobin! pls read

My latest for Jacobin:

A fascinating bit of Southern labor history. Cody R. Melcher on the forgotten legacy of New Orleans Catholic labor radical Louis Twomey.

.Loyola New Orleans's history is so relevant for Sodexo USA, Inc. dining workers’ struggle today. Thank you Cody R. Melcher. bit.ly/3Byhzjr

Check out section member Cody R. Melcher's recent piece on the ongoing dining worker organizing campaign at Loyola University in Jacobin magazine: jacobin.com/2022/12/loyola…

New pub alert. I show that economic insecurity is systematically and causally related to the racial attitudes of white Americans. Most importantly, while this message may be hidden under layers of statistics, these results indicate that white supremacy is inherent to capitalism.

Direction Créteil UPEC aujourd’hui pour un lineup exceptionnel ! Cody R. Melcher @marieadmenard Kalilou Barry Barry Eidlin Dan La Botz et bien d’autres ✨ #sudUS23

I'm organizing a #laborspring teach-in at LOYNO on April 21 at 3PM. New Orleans peeps should come to learn about Louisiana labor history and contemporary union struggles in New Orleans.

Check out Cody R. Melcher's March issue article "Economic Self-Interest and Americans' Redistributive, Class, and Racial Attitudes: The Case of Economic Insecurity" here! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Joesph van der Naald (Joseph van der Naald) and I on the extraordinarily high levels of class consciousness in the US South, contra the "South as backwards" myth in Journal of Labor and Society brill.com/view/journals/…

The Nov issue of Spectre Journal features an interview Tithi Bhattacharya did w/ Ilan Pappe, as well interviews w/ Gargi Bhattacharyya and Eman Abdelhadi, features by Andy Clarno and Nigel Gibson, Cody R. Melcher on Du Bois, some 🔥 review essays (incl. Sarah Brouillette on Bev Best), & much more

New pub at Critical Sociology; we show that socialists are less racist, more pro-redistribution, & more class conscious than non-socialist liberals. Likely surprising to libs who continually label socialists as having a "race problem." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08…

We're putting the finishing touches on the next issue of Spectre Journal, featuring contributions from Eman Abdelhadi, Andy Clarno, Ilan Pappe, Nigel Gibson, Sean Larson, Cody R. Melcher, Sarah Brouillette, and more – shipping to subscribers in a month! Subscribe below for $35...

spectrejournal.com/the-forgotten-… Hey hey! This week we're proud to have this piece by Cody R. Melcher, CK Seymour, and Joseph van der Naald. Cody, CK, and Joey analyze the struggles surrounding Jim Crow's emergence and highlight some of the political possibilities occluded by standard accounts.

Cody R. Melcher and I wrote a little something about labor in the US South.

Latest from the Spencer Lindsay and Cody Melcher dream team: "Investigating the Origins of Status Threat among White Americans," in Public Opinion Quarterly Oxford Academic. Using several survey experiments, we suggest that racism has a material base. doi.org/10.1093/poq/nf…

Coming out soon: Cody R. Melcher, Olivier Maheo, and Esther Cyna (eds): Class, Race, and the US South. American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/cl…