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Solidarity Stories
Author | : Harvey Schwartz |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2015-08-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780295997926 |
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, born out of the 1934 West Coast maritime and San Francisco general strikes under the charismatic leadership of Harry Bridges, has been known from the start for its strong commitment to democracy, solidarity, and social justice. In this collection of firsthand narratives, union leaders and rank-and-file workers - from the docks of Pacific Coast ports to the fields of Hawaii to bookstores in Portland, Oregon - talk about their lives at work, on the picket line, and in the union. Workers recall the back-breaking, humiliating conditions on the waterfront before they organized, the tense days of the 1934 strike, the challenges posed by mechanization, the struggle against racism and sexism on the job, and their activism in other social and political causes. Their stories testify to the union's impact on the lives of its members and also to its role in larger events, ranging from civil rights battles at home to the fights against fascism and apartheid abroad. Solidarity Stories is a unique contribution to the literature on unions. There is a power and immediacy in the voices of workers that is brilliantly expressed here. Taken together, these voices provide a portrait of a militant, corruption-free, democratic union that can be a model and an inspiration for what a resurgent American labor movement might look like. The book will appeal to students and scholars of labor history, social and economic history, and social change, as well as trade unionists and anyone interested in labor politics and history.
Stories of Solidarity
Author | : Hywel Francis |
Publsiher | : Y Lolfa |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2018-12-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781784616687 |
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A collection of writings and speeches by historian, political activist and former MP Hywel Francis. He celebrates the struggles of the working class of the South Wales Valleys and asks about the continuing relevance of the miners' strikes and the NHS. An essential and inspiring book for all interested in recent Welsh social and general history.
Solidarity will transform the World
Author | : Jeffry Odell Korgen |
Publsiher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Church and social problems |
ISBN | : 9781608330492 |
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Solidarity s Secret
Author | : Shana Penn |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472031961 |
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The first book to document women's crucial role in the fall of Poland's communist regime
Asian American Dreams
Author | : Helen Zia |
Publsiher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2000-03-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781429980852 |
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The fascinating story of the rise of Asian Americans as a politically and socially influential racial group This groundbreaking book is about the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-like working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the Los Angeles riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book also examines the rampant stereotypes of Asian Americans. Helen Zia, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born in the 1950s when there were only 150,000 Chinese Americans in the entire country, and she writes as a personal witness to the dramatic changes involving Asian Americans. Written for both Asian Americans -- the fastest-growing population in the United States -- and non-Asians, Asian American Dreams argues that America can no longer afford to ignore these emergent, vital, and singular American people.
Strike for Freedom
Author | : Robert Eringer |
Publsiher | : New York : Dodd, Mead |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105037429003 |
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Describes the Solidarity movement in Poland, a sixteen-month-old struggle by the independent trade union movement and its worker leader, Lech Walesa.
Pandemic Solidarity
Author | : Colectiva Sembrar,Marina Sitrin |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : COVID-19 (Disease) |
ISBN | : 074534318X |
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In times of crisis, when institutions of power are laid bare, people turn to one another. Pandemic Solidarity collects firsthand experiences from around the world of people creating their own narratives of solidarity and mutual aid in the time of the global crisis of Covid-19. The world's media was quick to weave a narrative of selfish individualism, full of empty supermarket shelves and con-men. However, if you scratch the surface, you find a different story of community and self-sacrifice. Looking at eighteen countries and regions, including India, Rojava, Taiwan, South Africa, Iraq and North America, the personal accounts in the book weave together to create a larger picture, revealing a universality of experience - a housewife in Istanbul supports her neighbour in the same way as a teacher in Argentina, a punk in Portland, and a disability activist in South Korea does. Moving beyond the present, these stories reveal what an alternative society could look like, and reflect the skills and relationships we already have to create that society, challenging institutions of power that have already shown their fragility.
Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss
Author | : Ali Rogin |
Publsiher | : Diversion Books |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781635767100 |
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Edie Falco, Sheryl Crow, Athena Jones, and other breast cancer survivors and “previvors” tell their powerful, inspiring stories in this collection. Drawing from first-hand interviews of successful, high-profile women from myriad industries and perspectives, award-winning journalist Ali Rogin brings together an all-star support and recovery team to inspire anyone confronting a cancer diagnosis, along with their loved ones. Learn how preeminent actresses, musicians, politicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs faced a formidable disease and put it in its place. In their own words, the women of Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss inform and encourage other women by sharing their experiences and advice. Learn how they told loved ones about their diagnoses, navigated treatment options, and managed the work/life/cancer balance. Rogin, too, faced great uncertainty when she tested positively for the BRCA1 genetic mutation at age twenty. She found answers in the vibrant community of breast cancer survivors and “previvors” who also stared down the odds. With her brave decision to undergo a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy before even graduating college, Rogin joined this diverse sisterhood of women confronting breast cancer in its many forms with dignity, strength, and humor.