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Red State Revolt - The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Paperback)
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Red State Revolt - The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Paperback)
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Loot Price R338
Discovery Miles 3 380
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Thirteen months after Trump allegedly captured the allegiance of
"the white working class," a strike wave-the first in over four
decades-rocked the United States. Inspired by the wildcat victory
in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and across the
country walked off their jobs and shut down their schools to demand
better pay for educators, more funding for students, and an end to
years of austerity. Confounding all expectations, these
working-class rebellions erupted in regions with Republican
electorates, weak unions, and bans on public sector strikes. By
mobilizing to take their destinies into their own hands, red state
school workers posed a clear alternative to politics-as-usual. And
with similar actions now gaining steam in Los Angeles, Oakland,
Denver, and Virginia, there is no sign that this upsurge will be
short-lived. Red State Revolt is a compelling analysis of the
emergence and development of this historic strike wave, with an eye
to extracting its main strategic lessons for educators, labor
organizers, and radicals across the country. A former high school
teacher and longtime activist, Eric Blanc embedded himself into the
rank-and-file leaderships of the walkouts, where he was given
access to internal organizing meetings and secret Facebook groups
inaccessible to most journalists. The result is one of the richest
portraits of the labor movement to date, a story populated with the
voices of school workers who are winning the fight for the soul of
public education-and redrawing the political map of the country at
large.
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