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John Tappen

John Tappen is a PhD student at the University of Iowa in American Studies. His interests include labor, cultural forms, media technology, and the politics of space. This summer, he is the Iowa Labor History Oral Project intern, assisting in the production of the Speaking of Work audio documentary.

Teacher Strike: Gender and Illegality

by John TappenJuly 18, 2021July 22, 2021

In his book, Teacher Strike, historian Jon Shelton argues that teacher militancy and strike actions in the 1970s posed a problem for what he calls "Labor Liberalism," the dominant political ideology of the era, that American politicians were unable to…

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Podcasting an Iowa Teacher Strike, 50 Years Later

by John TappenJuly 7, 2021July 10, 2021

The object of confrontation politics is to polarize the slack by the impossible precept that you are either for children or against themRobert Leland, Keokuk School District Superintendent, 1970 When Iowa Republicans captured the state senate in the 2016 elections,…

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