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This brief introduction to American government highlights the
ongoing tension between capitalism and democracy. With recent
political conflict over issues such as how to rein in Wall Street,
expand access to health care, put Americans back to work, and plan
for an increasingly globalized future, the time is ripe for a new
edition of The Politics of Power.
In the early 1970s, a strange apparition began to appear on the
stages of a vibrant U.K. gig circuit in the shape of a band of West
Country troubadours, rejoicing under the odd name of Stackridge.
Their music presented an extraordinary mix of styles, from genres
as diverse as folk, classical, progressive rock, jazz, pop and
music hall. In this book, Alan Draper traces the ever diverging and
remerging paths of the core four Stackridge songwriters: Andy
Davis, James Warren, Mutter Slater and Crun Walter, both within and
without Stackridge. It's a trip that spans half a century of
recording. Commencing with their eclectic debut album Stackridge in
1971, it proceeds via many fascinating musical paths and occasional
cul-de-sacs en route. The band's 1970s heyday was marked by many
personnel reshuffles and after their dissolution in 1976, James
Warren and Andy Davis combined to form The Korgis, who scored
worldwide hits with 'If I Had You' and the much-covered standard
'Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime'. Also taking in The Korgis,
Mutter Slater Band and solo projects, our trip finally arrives in
the 21st century as Stackridge return for a second career and a
heroes' welcome from their dedicated fan base.
On the basis of extensive archival research, Alan Draper
illuminates the role organized labor played in the southern civil
rights movement. He documents the substantial support the AFL-CIO
and its southern state councils gave to the struggle for black
equality, suggesting that labor's political leadership recognized
an opportunity in the civil rights movement. Frustrated in their
efforts to organize the South, labor leaders understood the
potential of newly enfranchised blacks to challenge conservative
southern Democrats. At the same time, white union members in the
South were more interested in defending their racial privileges
than in allying themselves with blacks. An explosive tension
developed between labor's political leadership, desperate to create
a party system in the South that included blacks, and a rank and
file determined to preserve southern Democracy by excluding blacks.
This book looks at the ways that tension was expressed and
ultimately resolved within the southern labor movement.
The first book-length, scholarly treatment of the subject, this
volume examines the AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Education
(COPE) from its origins in 1955 to the stunning defeat of
COPE-endorsed candidates in the 1966 Congressional elections. In an
attempt to determine whether the AFL-CIO is a surrogate for the
social democratic party that the American party system lacks,
Draper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of labor's alliance
with the Democratic party and the degree to which COPE was
successful in mobilizing a coalition of workers and minorities to
pursue social democratic goals.
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