Why David Sometimes Wins tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the
United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important
lessons from this dramatic tale. Since the 1900s, large-scale
agricultural enterprises relied on migrant labor-a cheap,
unorganized, and powerless workforce. In 1965, when some 800
Filipino grape workers began to strike under the aegis of the
AFL-CIO, the UFW soon joined the action with 2,000 Mexican workers
and turned the strike into a civil rights struggle. They engaged in
civil disobedience, mobilized support from churches and students,
boycotted growers, and transformed their struggle into La Causa, a
farm workers' movement that eventually triumphed over the grape
industry's Goliath. Why did they succeed? How can the powerless
challenge the powerful successfully? Offering insight from a
longtime movement organizer and scholar, Ganz illustrates how they
had the ability and resourcefulness to devise good strategy and
turn short-term advantages into long-term gains. Authoritative in
scholarship and magisterial in scope, this book constitutes a
seminal contribution to learning from the movement's struggles,
set-backs, and successes. "A brilliant new book. "-Peter Dreier,
The Nation "Why David Sometimes Wins is an exceptional book that
will be of widespread interest to scholars and activists alike.
"-Howard Kimeldorf, American Journal of Sociology "This book is a
must read for organizers. The analysis of how a small and poor, but
motivated, group of workers triggered a social movement provides
invaluable lessons on what to do and not do as we struggle with the
challenges of the 21st century. "-Andy Stern, President, Service
Employees International Union "How does David defeat Goliath and,
equally important, avoid becoming Goliath? The answer is to develop
strategic capacity, an ongoing interactive process of
experimentation, learning, and adapting. This fascinating book
shows how Cesar Chavez and the UFW created and then lost its
strategic capacity-an important lesson on leadership and
organization. "-Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University "Through
unforgettable and compelling stories, Marshall Ganz convincingly
shows how we need not wait for the right time in history, but how
we can all participate in making history together and how the
resources to do so can be found in one another. Why David Sometimes
Wins will enter the canon of readings on social change. Get this
book. Read it. Use it! "-Gerald Torres, co-author of The Miner's
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