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Side by Side - Alice and Staughton Lynd, the Ohio Years (Paperback)
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Alice and Staughton Lynd have devoted their lives to the struggle
for social justice. Carl Mirra began the history of the Lynds with
his biography, Admirable Radical: Staughton Lynd and Cold War
Dissent, 1945-1970 (The Kent State University Press, 2010). Side by
Side picks up the Lynds' story as they move to Youngstown, Ohio, to
begin a new chapter in their lives. Throughout their narrative,
authors Mark Weber and Stephen Paschen examine the idea of
accompaniment, a form of political activism that differs from the
traditional strategies used by labor and community organizers.
Rather than moving from fight to fight, the Lynds lived within the
community in need, helping steelworkers and residents cope with the
devastating closures of the major steel mills in Youngstown and the
Mahoning Valley. Working with clergy, laborers, and civic leaders,
Staughton Lynd advanced the idea of a worker-community-owned steel
mill that would provide employment for some of the thousands of
workers whose jobs had been lost. The dramatic if unsuccessful
attempt to launch a cooperatively owned manufacturing enterprise
was the first of a number of efforts by the Lynds to put their
knowledge and experience at the service of those who have no voice.
Quakers Alice and Staughton Lynd worked in Central America and
Israel, where they championed the rights of Palestinian Arabs
living in the West Bank. They took up the cause of prisoners'
rights following the April 1993 Lucasville, Ohio, prison
uprising-the longest such rebellion in American history-working to
improve the living conditions of the five inmates who were
convicted of leading the rebellion. Together with Jules Lobel of
the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Lynds filed suit on
behalf of death row inmates who were kept in solitary confinement
in Ohio's prisons. Their lawsuit contributed to a landmark decision
that improved living conditions for inmates in solitary confinement
and established that prisoners have due process rights that have to
be observed before they can be sent to solitary confinement.
Through its exploration of the Lynds and their practice of
accompaniment, Side by Side makes an important contribution to the
study of social justice and grassroots activism.
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