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<h1>Save the Humans? Common Preservation in Action</h1>
<span>SKU:</span> 9781629637983<br>
<span>Author:</span> Jeremy Brecher<br>
<span>Publisher:</span> PM Press<br>
<span>ISBN:</span> 9781629637983<br>
<span>Published:</span> 5/2020<br>
<span>Format:</span> Paperback<br>
<span>Size:</span> 6 x 9<br>
<span>Page count:</span> 272<br>
<span>Subjects:</span> Social Movements/History
<p>We the people of the world are creating the conditions for our
own self-extermination, whether through the bang of a nuclear
holocaust or the whimper of an expiring ecosphere. Today our
individual self-preservation depends on common
preservation—cooperation to provide for our mutual survival and
well-being.</p>
<p>For half a century Jeremy Brecher has been studying and
participating in social movements that have created new forms of
common preservation. Through entertaining storytelling and
personal narrative, <em>Save the Humans?</em> provides a unique
and revealing interpretation of how social movements arise and how
they change the world. Brecher traces a path that leads from the
sitdown strikes on the pyramids of ancient Egypt through America’s
mass strikes and labor revolts to the struggle against economic
globalization to today’s battles against climate change.</p>
<p>Weaving together personal experience, scholarly research, and
historical interpretation, Jeremy Brecher shows how we can
construct a “human survival movement” that could “save the
humans.” He sums up the theme of this book: “I have seen common
preservation—and it works.” For those seeking an understanding of
social movements and an alternative to denial and despair, there
is simply no better place to look than <em>Save the Humans?</em></p>
<p><strong>Praise:</strong></p>
<p>“This is a remarkable book: part personal story, part
intellectual history told in the first person by a skilled writer
and assiduous historian, part passionate but clearly and logically
argued plea for pushing the potential of collective action to
preserve the human race. Easy reading and full of useful and
unforgettable stories. . . . A medicine against apathy and
political despair much needed in the U.S. and the world today.”<br>
—Peter Marcuse, author of <em>Cities for People, Not for Profit:
Critical Urban Theory</em></p>
<p>“Over the last decades, Jeremy Brecher has known how to detect
the critical issues of a period, to sort the many realities of
suffering and injustice, and to emerge with a clear, short,
powerful description. He does it again in this important book-it
is about people: how our system devalues people and what needs to
be done.”<br>
—Saskia Sassen, author of <em>Territory, Authority, Rights</em></p>
<p>“The most important story of the past half century is that of
ordinary people organizing to transform the way society looked at
workers, unjust war, women, people of color, and the environment.
Jeremy Brecher’s life and book tell this story with a passion and
comprehensiveness that make this a must-read for fans of justice.”<br>
—John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for Policy Studies and
author of <em>Development Redefined: How the Market Met Its Match
</em>and<em> The Field Guide to the Global Economy </em></p>
<p>“Indispensable . . . A fascinating blend of political
autobiography and manual for social change, giving cogent primacy
to the stark goal of human preservation. With species survival at
stake, what Jeremy Brecher writes is at once frightening and
inspiring.”<br>
—Richard Falk, author of <em>Palestine’s Horizon: Toward a Just
Peace </em>and<em> Power Shift: On the New Global Order</em></p>
<p>“One of America’s most admired activist-scholars shines his light
on the path forward, reminding us that social change is both
possible and urgent.”<br>
—Mike Davis, author of <em>City of Quartz: Excavating the Future
in Los Angeles </em></p>
<p><strong>About the Author: </strong></p>
<p>Jeremy Brecher has participated in movements for nuclear
disarmament, civil rights, peace, international labor rights,
global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate
protection, and many others. He is the author of fifteen books on
labor and social movements, including the national best seller <em>Strike!</em>
He has received five regional Emmy awards for his documentary film
work. He is currently policy and research director for the Labor
Network for Sustainability.</p>
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