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It Started in Wisconsin
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest
Mari Jo Buhle (Redaktør) Paul Buhle (Redaktør) John Nichols (Introduksjon) Michael Moore (Innledning) Ashok Kumar (Innledning) Charity A. Schmidt (Innledning) David Poklinkowski (Innledning) Frank Emspak (Innledning) Gary Dumm (Innledning) Kim Scipes (Innledning) Mary Bottari (Innledning) Matthew Rothschild (Innledning) Nick Thorkelson (Innledning) Patrick Barrett (Innledning) Roger Bybee (Innledning) Ruth Conniff (Innledning) Sharon Rudahl (Innledning) Simon Hardy (Innledning) Tom Morello (Innledning)
«Convey[s] some deeper understanding and offer[s] important lessons valuable for struggles to come ... will stand as a future reference point for those wishing to get some later handle on what happened in the 'Badger State.' Importantly, several of the key essays provide a deeper backdrop for an understanding of what happened. The massive show of solidarity with those directly affected by the 'budget repair bill' did not come just from police and firefighters exempted from the assault, or from private sector trade union hands. It came from a broader public not directly tied to organized labor. [C]ontains several important perspectives on the state of Wisconsin labor, key for understanding the uprising.»
Allen Ruff, Against the Current
In the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the longest, largest, and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Demonstrators in the Middle East sent greetings - and pizzas - to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 converged on the city by car, on foot, and atop tractors. Les mer
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In the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the longest, largest, and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Demonstrators in the Middle East sent greetings - and pizzas - to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 converged on the city by car, on foot, and atop tractors. Here is a riveting account of the first great wave of grassroots resistance to the corporate restructuring of the Great Recession. It Started in Wisconsin includes a fascinating series of pieces from the frontline, including eyewitness reports by striking teachers, students, and others. It explains the Wisconsin Idea through pieces by acclaimed historians such as MacArthur fellow Mari Jo Buhle, and lays bare the national corporate campaign that crafted the Wisconsin legislation and similar laws in a growing number of states. To convey the infectious, satirical esprit de corps that pervaded the protests, the book includes original pictures and comics.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verso Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 192
- ISBN
- 9781844678884
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
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«Convey[s] some deeper understanding and offer[s] important lessons valuable for struggles to come ... will stand as a future reference point for those wishing to get some later handle on what happened in the 'Badger State.' Importantly, several of the key essays provide a deeper backdrop for an understanding of what happened. The massive show of solidarity with those directly affected by the 'budget repair bill' did not come just from police and firefighters exempted from the assault, or from private sector trade union hands. It came from a broader public not directly tied to organized labor. [C]ontains several important perspectives on the state of Wisconsin labor, key for understanding the uprising.»
Allen Ruff, Against the Current
«Midwest pride of place animates much of the writing, along with awareness of Wisconsin's progressive history, the global context for the Madison protests and a genuine outrage that transcends the particular grievances of public sector union members. If anything, Walker has reawakened a dormant spirit of solidarity. The harvest of the extremism he sowed may be his own undoing.»
David Luhrssen, Express Milwaukee
«[A] collection of stories from those that participated in one of the most inspiring movements to erupt in the US heartland in decades. Those stories provide the observer from afar with a fairly universal and nuanced look at the daily lives of those involved in organizing, occupying, reporting and otherwise participating in those weeks of popular democracy. Interspersed between the tales of the workers, students, farmers and other protesters are a number of photographs and comics. The inclusion of these graphics truly enhances the overall effect ... .worthwhile and provocative.»
Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch
«These essays delve into the historical, political, and ideological underpinnings of the 2011 events. [L]ater chapters are meatier, with events set against the backdrop of early-20th-century Wisconsin progressive politics when Governor Robert 'Fighting Bob' LaFollette began the crusade against the dominance of corporate America (at that time, railroads) over government. The book exposes how that same dominance continues today. [W]ill help readers, regardless of their own stance, to understand much of what's at stake in the country's current labor and political battles.»
Carol J. Elsen, Library Journal
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