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2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Amilcar
Cabral, revolutionary, poet, liberation philosopher, and leader of
the independence movement of Guinea Bissau and Cap Verde. Cabral's
influence stretched well beyond the shores of West Africa. He had a
profound influence on the pan-Africanist movement and the black
liberation movement in the US. In this anthology, contemporary
thinkers commemorate the anniversary of Cabral's assassination.
They reflect on the legacy of this extraordinary individual and his
relevance to contemporary struggles for self-determination and
emancipation.
From Wisconsin to Washington, DC, the claims are made: unions are
responsible for budget deficits, and their members are overpaid and
enjoy cushy benefits. The only way to save the American economy,
pundits claim, is to weaken the labor movement, strip workers of
collective bargaining rights, and champion private industry. In
""They're Bankrupting Us ": And 20 Other Myths about Unions, "labor
leader Bill Fletcher Jr. makes sense of this debate as he unpacks
the twenty-one myths most often cited by anti-union propagandists.
Drawing on his experiences as a longtime labor activist and
organizer, Fletcher traces the historical roots of these myths and
provides an honest assessment of the missteps of the labor
movement. He reveals many of labor's significant contributions,
such as establishing the forty-hour work week and minimum wage,
guaranteeing safe workplaces, and fighting for equity within the
workforce. This timely, accessible, "warts and all" book argues,
ultimately, that unions are necessary for democracy and ensure
economic and social justice for all people.
In March 1987 a radical coalition of queer activists converged on
Wall Street ... their target, 'Business, Big Business, Business as
Usual ' It was ACT UP's first demonstration. In November 1999 a
radical coalition of environmental, labor, anarchist, queer, and
human rights activists converged in Seattle--their target was
similar, a system of global capitalism. Between 1987 and 1999 a new
project in activism had emerged unshackled from past ghosts.
Through innovative use of civil rights' era non-violent
disobedience, guerrilla theatre, and sophisticated media work, ACT
UP has helped transform the world of activism.
This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of
activists and students. It is divided into five sections which
address the new social movements, the use of street theater to
reclaim public space, queer and sexual politics, new
media/electronic civil disobedience, and race and community
building. Contributions range across a diverse spectrum: The
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Jubilee 2000,
Students for an Undemocratic Society, Fed Up Queers, Gender
Identity Center of Colorado, Triangle Foundation, Jacks of Color,
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Lower East Side Collective,
Community Labor Coalition, Church of Stop-Shopping, Indy Media
Collective, Black Radical Congress, The Theater of the Oppressed
Laboratory, Adelante Street Theater; HealthGAP, Housing Works,
SexPanic and, of course, ACT UP itself.
The U.S. trade union movement finds itself today on a global
battlefield filled with landmines and littered with the bodies of
various social movements and struggles. Candid, incisive, and
accessible, "Solidarity Divided" is a critical examination of
labor's current crisis and a plan for a bold new way forward into
the twenty-first century. Bill Fletcher and Fernando Gapasin, two
longtime union insiders whose experiences as activists of color
grant them a unique vantage on the problems now facing U.S. labor,
offer a remarkable mix of vivid history and probing analysis. They
chart changes in U.S. manufacturing, examine the onslaught of
globalization, consider the influence of the environment on labor,
and provide the first broad analysis of the fallout from the 2000
and 2004 elections on the U.S. labor movement. Ultimately calling
for a wide-ranging re-examination of the ideological and structural
underpinnings of today's labor movement, this is essential reading
for understanding how the battle for social justice can be fought
and won.
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