Description

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Involving nationwide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, nonviolent direct action on a massive scale, and armed battles with artillery and tanks, this exciting hidden history is told from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers who lived it. This fiftieth anniversary edition brings the story up to date with chapters covering the "mini-revolts of the 21st century," including Occupy Wall Street and the Fight for Fifteen, and concludes by examining a wide range of current struggles, ranging from #BlackLivesMatter to the global "Student Strike for Climate" that may be harbingers of mass strikes to come.

About the Author

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Jeremy Brecher has participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace, international labor rights, and many others. Kim Kelly is the labor columnist for Teen Vogue and an editor at the New Republic. Sara Nelson is international president of the Association of Flight Attendants–CWA, AFL-CIO.