In "America and the Left: Past and Present," historians examined how the American left has responded to various forces in the current political economy. Topics of discussion included the globalization of markets, the feminization of the workforce, and the technological divide.

The Ever-Present Roar of Gender

Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University

State-Building from the Bottom Up

Meg Jacobs, Princeton University

The Democratic Party’s Right Turn

Rick Perlstein, independent scholar

Reluctant Radicals: How the Labor Movement Moved to the Left Margins of American Politics

Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara

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