Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin) - Softcover

Buch 10 von 13: Jacobin

Blanc, Eric

 
9781788735742: Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1788735749 ISBN 13: 9781788735742
Verlag: Verso, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Thirteen months after Trump allegedly captured the allegiance of "the white working class," a strike wave-the first in over four decades-rocked the United States. Inspired by the wildcat victory in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and across the country walked off their jobs and shut down their schools to demand better pay for educators, more funding for students, and an end to years of austerity.

Confounding all expectations, these working-class rebellions erupted in regions with Republican electorates, weak unions, and bans on public sector strikes. By mobilizing to take their destinies into their own hands, red state school workers posed a clear alternative to politics-as-usual. And with similar actions now gaining steam in Los Angeles, Oakland, Denver, and Virginia, there is no sign that this upsurge will be short-lived.

Red State Revolt is a compelling analysis of the emergence and development of this historic strike wave, with an eye to extracting its main strategic lessons for educators, labor organizers, and radicals across the country. A former high school teacher and longtime activist, Eric Blanc embedded himself into the rank-and-file leaderships of the walkouts, where he was given access to internal organizing meetings and secret Facebook groups inaccessible to most journalists. The result is one of the richest portraits of the labor movement to date, a story populated with the voices of school workers who are winning the fight for the soul of public education-and redrawing the political map of the country at large.

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A former high school teacher, Eric Blanc has covered the strike wave for Jacobin, The Nation, and The Guardian.

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Verlag
Verso
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1788735749
ISBN 13 
9781788735742
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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