The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor

<strong>Joseph A. McCartin is a professor of history and the executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He writes broadly on US labor issues and politics. He is the 2024–26 president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association.</strong>

Joseph A. McCartin

Meeting Labor’s Moment: On Hamilton Nolan’s “The Hammer”

Economics and Finance

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Nonfiction

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

Joseph A. McCartin is a professor of history and the executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He writes broadly on US labor issues and politics. He is the 2024–26 president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association.

Joseph A. McCartin

Articles

Meeting Labor’s Moment: On Hamilton Nolan’s “The Hammer”