By Jim Walvin, author of A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global PowerLike most apprentice historians, I learned my trade on a specific, narrow area of study: the history of a single Jamaican slave plantation. At that time, in the late 60’s, slavery was not a commo
How did the red flag become the symbol of the global labor movement?As historian Niklas Frykman argues, its origins trace back to mutinies at sea and maritime communities that were founded on a radical egalitarian spirit and an insistence on participatory democracy.In this virtual conversati