Strike! - Softcover

Brecher, Jeremy

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0846703645 ISBN 13: 9780846703648

Publisher: South End Pr, 1978

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This book is the story of repeated, massive, and often violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. It gives a picture far different from the usual high school or college history course. The story includes virtual nation-wide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, guerrilla warfare, and armed battles with artillery and aircraft. I was myself amazed as I gradually uncovered the various strands of the story. This book shows ordinary people developing such a new form of power. Needless to say, it has so far only been expressed in partial, limited forms. But even from these we can learn a great deal that is helpful in solving our own problem of powerlessness.

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About the Author:

Jeremy Brecher is the author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements, including Brass Valley, Building Bridges, Global Village or Global Pillage, Globalization from Below, and History from Below. He is the former humanities scholar-in-residence at Connecticut Public Television and Radio and received five regional Emmy Awards for his documentary film work. He helped found and currently works with the Labor Network for Sustainability. He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut.

Review:

“An exciting history of American labor. Brings to life the flashpoints of labor history. Scholarly, genuinely stirring.” —New York Times

“Splendid . . . clearly the best single-volume summary yet published of American general strikes.” —Washington Post

“One of the most important books on labor history published since World War II.” —Howard Zinn, author, A People’s History of the United States

“A magnificent book. I hope it will take its place as the standard history of American labor.” —Staughton Lynd, influential activist and lawyer

“Brecher’s stories are interesting and exciting, his prose colorful, his quotes well chosen.” —Texas Observer

"Brecher dives inside the everyday struggles of rank-and-file workers and provides a thoroughly researched, alternative history rarely mentioned in textbooks or popular media." —Booklist

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