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Aaron Goings

@aarongoings.bsky.social

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Working class. Historian. Friend to animals. Sheinbaum-affiliated. Got terminated for union activism. My website: https://www.aarongoings.com

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Dec 13

I wrote a new book called “Red Harbor.” See that sweet cover below

It’ll be released this summer—for once I won’t be in Finland or stuck inside during a pandemic. It’s available on pre-order from the UW Press—right now has a mighty fine sale (40% off, free shipping)

uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Red Harbor

Brings to life Grays Harbor's fiery legacy of class conflictIn the early decades of the twentieth century, Grays Harbor was the Lumber Capital of the World. ...

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Wobbly hoopers and track/fielders kicking around out there—and in all the other Finn towns
🙏 Kirsti.

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · 17d

New brick addition to downtown—somewhere on the Harbor. 😂

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · Sep 15

Two (2) MA fellowships at Concordia in deindustrialization studies.

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 14

Big agree with this post—take a look at the gofundme below

And not the most important part of the story, but Tom Alter is a remarkable scholar—in a less repressive era/country, some fancy school would recruit him. I recommend buying/reading his work!

www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=47...

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you so much for coming and for writing. It means a lot that you were able to come. And dang, what a cool bookstore! Good place for cat shirts. 🙏

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 11

A university fired a tenured labor historian?

The terminated prof is author of one of the great books of this century. This sucks

glad this is getting the attention it deserves since it’s disgusting

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · Sep 11

Texas State University announced Wednesday that it had fired associate history professor Thomas Alter for “controversial statements” at a conference that advocated “for inciting violence.”

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 9

There’s a good chance that I’ll be wearing this same shirt at the book launch.

or the cat shirt.

It’s a toss up

University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · Sep 9

Now on our blog: Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social shares how RED HARBOR uncovers the forgotten history of lumber workers in a bastion of labor radicalism.

The Radical Roots of the Pacific Northwest Labor Movement: Q&A with Aaron Goings, Author of “Red Harbor”

In his new book, Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest, leading Pacific Northwest labor historian Aaron Goings brings to life the fiery legacy of class conflic…

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 9

My latest—an interview in the @uwapress.uw.edu blog to commemorate the publication of my new book, “Red Harbor: Radical Unionism and Class Struggle in the Pacific Northwest”

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 9

read the bathroom graffiti while coming up with excuses to excuse myself, head home (in the US/Canada)

be buzzed, then drunk (in Finland)

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thankeee, @dhprice.bsky.social for linking to my new Counterpunch article—The Far Right & the Further Right in Lumber Country.

2 sections of the American Right fighting for power.

David H. Price @dhprice.bsky.social · Sep 2

America’s Far Right and the Further Right: the Klan and a Coup in 1920s Lumber Country - CounterPunch.org share.google/rlEwz3zIKDJx...

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 31

Here’s a thing or two to do for (the other) Labor Day Weekend:

1) Get Kim Kelly’s book “Fight to Win: Heroes of American Labor” as a gift for the young readers in your life: www.kim-kelly.com/booksnmerch

2) Support Labor-Left journalism by subbing to Kim’s Patreon
www.patreon.com/kimkelly

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 29

I wrote an article for Counterpunch about the Right in US History—specifically from a century ago. Features here include the KKK, a mayoral coup, businessmen vigilantes, and the Congressman whose name is atop the 1924 immigration restriction law—Albert Johnson
www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/29/a...

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The Labor Radio Podcast Network @laborradionet.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pie Down Here w/ Robin D.G. Kelley

Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley listening back and reflecting upon old tapes of the interviews with sharecroppers he conducted in the 1980s while researching Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression. This is an episode of Signal Hill, a new aud

Pie Down Here w/ Robin D.G. Kelley

Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley listening back and reflecting upon old tapes of the interviews with sharecroppers he conducted in the 1980s while researching Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression. This is an episode of Signal Hill, a new audio magazine made by friends of The Dig. Produced by Conor Gillies and edited by Liza Yeager and Omar Etman. Listen to Dan's Dig interview with Robin Kelley on Hammer and Hoe thedigradio.com/podcast/hammer-and-hoe-with-robin-d-g-kelley Support signalhill.fm/support Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Hey, how much lip filler does a guy gotta use to get them to put my photo on the book jacket?” 😉

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 27

the can’t spell part is an excellent addition to this tweet. Thank you.

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · Aug 26

How's this?

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 26

Woohoo! Look what came in the mail today. At long last, decades after I started my study of community and radicalism in Grays Harbor, “Red Harbor” is here.

Big thanks to the @uwapress.bsky.social and the coolest book blurbers around.

And that’s Sabo—named for you know who 15 sweet years ago

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Aug 25

BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.

They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Aug 24

Howard Zinn, who would've been 103 today, is rightly remembered for works like “A People’s History of the United States.” But he was also an antiwar activist who went to North Vietnam in 1968 to accompany three captured US pilots back home.

Howard Zinn Carried Out an Act of Radical Diplomacy in the Middle of the Vietnam War

Today would have been Howard Zinn’s hundredth birthday. He is rightly remembered for works like A People’s History of the United States. But he was also an antiwar activist who went to North Vietnam in 1968 to accompany three captured US pilots back home.

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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · Jul 21

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For orders outside of North America, visit combinedacademic.co.uk and use code WARM25 for 40% off all UW Press books.

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Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 21

Suddenly you went from being right about class/conflict issues, metal music, and cool, non-New York parts of Jersey

To being correct about pretty much everything. Congratulations

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did that publication get funding from some evil organization just to drive the rare non-right winger in media crazy?

Aaron Goings @aarongoings.bsky.social · Aug 19

Here’s the Finnish-language Wobbly songbook

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Aug 19

📣 New Podcast! "19 August 1909: Little Red Song Book published" on @Spreaker #history #iww #music

19 August 1909: Little Red Song Book published

Mini-podcast about an event on this day in working class history. Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory. - See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today - Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date - Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com - Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our https://shop.workingclasshistory.com - If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast. Acknowledgements - Written and edited by Working Class History. - Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@peptoattack

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