Women banana workers in Latin America have organised themselves and gained increasing control over their unions, their workplaces and their lives. Highly accessible and narrative in style, Bananeras recounts the history and growth of this vital movement and shows how Latin American women workers are shaping and broadly reimagining the possibilities of international labour solidarity.

This book analyzes consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle labor movement in the 1920s, as a case study of the U.S. labor movement in the 1920s. The book examines the transformation of the movement after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919 by showing that workers organized not only at the point of production, but through politicized consumption as well, employing boycotts, cooperatives, labor-owned businesses, and union label promotion. It pays special attention to the gender dynamics of labor's consumer campaigns, as trade union men sought to persuade their wives to "shop union," and to the racial dynamics of campaigns organized by white workers against Seattle's Japanese-American businesses.

This book analyzes consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle labor movement in the 1920s, as a case study of the U.S. labor movement in the 1920s. The book examines the transformation of the movement after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919 by showing that workers organized not only at the point of production, but through politicized consumption as well, employing boycotts, cooperatives, labor-owned businesses, and union label promotion. It pays special attention to the gender dynamics of labor's consumer campaigns, as trade union men sought to persuade their wives to "shop union," and to the racial dynamics of campaigns organized by white workers against Seattle's Japanese-American businesses.

This powerful narrative recounts the tumultuous time in Honduras that witnessed then-President Manuel Zelaya deposed by a coup in June 2009, told through first-person experiences and layered with deeper political analysis. Although it is full of terrible things, this not a horror story: this narrative directly counters mainstream media coverage that portrays Honduras as a pit of unrelenting awfulness, in which powerless sobbing mothers cry over bodies in the morgue. Rather, it's about sobering challenges and the inspiring collective strength with which people face them.

In the U.S, Woolworth's department store was the Wal-Mart of the early 20th century. The women who worked the counters, cash registers and storerooms were overworked, underpaid and sexually harassed. This is the inspiring story of how these courageous women fought back against corporate exploitation and oppression, by employing the first successful all female sit-down strike in American history. The Woolworth's strike was a defining moment in the history of women's rights.

This powerful narrative recounts the tumultuous time in Honduras that witnessed then-President Manuel Zelaya deposed by a coup in June 2009, told through first-person experiences and layered with deeper political analysis. It weaves together two perspectives; first, the broad picture of Honduras since the coup, including the coup itself, its continuation in two repressive regimes, and secondly, the evolving Honduran resistance movement, and a new, broad solidarity movement in the United States. Although it is full of terrible things, this not a horror story: this narrative directly counters mainstream media coverage that portrays Honduras as a pit of unrelenting awfulness, in which powerless sobbing mothers cry over bodies in the morgue. Rather, it's about sobering challenges and the inspiring collective strength with which people face them. Dana Frank is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Baneras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America from Haymarket Books. Since the 2009 military coup her articles about human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras have appeared in The Nation, New York Times, Politico Magazine, Foreign Affairs.com, The Baffler, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and many other publications, and she has testified in both the US Congress and Canadian Parliament.

Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the "counter girls" at the Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression. Robin D. G. Kelley's story of a movie theater musicians' strike in New York asks what defines work in times of changing technology.

"Three Strikes brings to life the heroic men and women who put their jobs, bodies, and lives on the line to win a better life for all working Americans. Zinn, Frank, and Kelley show us that while the country and the union movement have changed greatly in the last hundred years, our struggle to close the divide between rich and poor remains the same." --John Sweeney, president, AFL-CIO

"Provocative analysis of still relevant issues, as the passionate, sometimes violent demonstrations at international meetings of the global economy demonstrate." --Mary Carroll, Booklist

"Highly readable, well-researched narratives of dramatic action" --Leon Fink, Chicago Tribune

Howard Zinn is a teacher, historian, and social activist, and the author of many books, including the best-selling A People's History of the United States and You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. He lives near Boston. Dana Frank, professor of American studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is author of the award winning Buy American. Robin D. G. Kelley, professor of history at New York University, is author of Race Rebels, Yo' Mama's Disfunktional! and Freedom Dreams.

Are imports really to blame for disappearing American jobs? Tracing the history and politics of economic nationalism from the American Revolution to the present, labor historian Dana Frank demonstrates how "Buy American" campaigns are not a new idea. This entertaining story is full of surprises, including misguided heroes, chilling racism, and more than a few charlatans. Frank contributes a much needed new approach to the old debate between free trade and protectionism. She outlines a strategy that would serve the needs of working Americans instead of the interests of corporations and economic elites.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Padagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Universitat Leipzig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bis heute wird in Deutschland stetig uber den Status der Bundesrepublik im Bezug auf Migration diskutiert. Unabhangig davon steht aber fest, dass Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund ein Teil unserer Gesellschaft sind. Gerade an Schulen wird dies immer deutlicher. So hatten im Jahr 2010 29,2 % der Schuler (vgl. Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fur Migration, Fluchtlinge und Integration, 2012: S. 163-165) an allgemeinbildenden Schulen einen Migrationshintergrund, 8,9 % der Gesamtschulerschaft waren nicht deutscher Nationalitat. Das ist ein nicht unerheblicher Teil und es zeigt sich, dass die Tendenz steigend ist. Die Einwanderungs- und die Bildungspolitik Deutschlands haben in den letzten 60 Jahren nicht adaquat auf die Anforderungen, welche sich daraus ergeben, reagiert und diese Bevolkerungsgruppe marginalisiert (vgl. Jeuk, 2010: 103). Die Folgen werden deutlich an herrschender Bildungsbenachteiligung und soziokulturellen Diskrepanzen. In der folgenden Arbeit liegt der Fokus dabei besonders auf dem Grundschulfach Deutsch und vor welchen Hurden Kinder mit Deutsch als Zweitsprache (DAZ) beim Schriftspracherwerb stehen. Die Sprache dient im schulischen Kontext nicht nur als ein Medium der Verstandigung, sondern auch als Instrument des Wissenserwerbs" (Schmolzer-Eibinger, 2006: 128). Daher liegt in der Vermittlung (schrift-)sprachlicher Kompetenzen der Schlussel fur einen erfolgreichen Schulbesuch.