This long submission is an essay submitted originally to Labor: Working Class Studies of the Americas from graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who are seeking to grapple with lessons and issues they took from battles in Wisconsin. Editor Leon Fink suggested that it was better suited to a dialog format of our blog and I agreed. We encourage readers to make their way through both the essay and the commentaries, one by Thomas Jessen Adams, a young scholar who is grappling with these issues himself, and one by Staughton Lynd, noted historian and activist. Then, please post your own comments about these issues. – Rosemary Feurer, Editor
There is a lot going on in this lengthy article. We have compiled a table of contents for your convenience.
Beth Robinson, “We Are Wisconsin”
Joseph Walzer, “We Are Scholars”
Jacob Glicklich, “We Are Workers”
John R. Terry, “We Are Graduate Students”
Dawson Barrett, “We Are Teachers”
Conclusion
Response by Thomas Jessen Adams
Comment by Staughton Lynd