Strike!
by Jeremy Brecher
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Jeremy Brecher's Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. Involving nationwide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, nonviolent direct action on a massive scale, and armed battles with artillery and tanks, this exciting hidden history is told from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers who lived it. Encompassing the repeated repression of workers' rebellions by show more company-sponsored violence, local police, state militias, and the U.S. Army and National Guard, it reveals a dimension of American history rarely found in the usual high school or college history course. Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Strike! to bring U.S. labor history to a wide audience. Now this fiftieth anniversary edition brings the story up to date with chapters covering the "mini-revolts of the twenty-first century, " including Occupy Wall Street and the Fight for Fifteen. The new edition contains over a hundred pages of new materials and concludes by examining a wide range of current struggles, ranging from #BlackLivesMatter, to the great wave of teachers' strikes "for the soul of public education, " to the global "Student Strike for Climate" that may be harbingers of mass strikes to come. show lessTags
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This is one of the books Zinn used to write his People's History. Brecher's book isn't about everyday strikes, he only writes about strike waves and general strikes, moments when whole areas of the country or entire industries were on strike. completely engrossing.
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Jeremy Brecher has participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace, international labor rights, global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate protection, and many others. He is the author of fifteen books on labor and social movements, including the national best seller Strike! He has received five regional show more Emmy awards for his documentary film work. He is currently policy and research director for the Labor Network for Sustainability. show less
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- Original publication date
- 1972
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 331.892973 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Labor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputes Labour-management bargaining and disputes Strikes History, geographic treatment, biography North America
- LCC
- HD5324 .B7 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 7
