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<p>Jeremy Brecher’s <em>Strike!</em> narrates the dramatic story of
repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary
working people in America. 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. Encompassing the
repeated repression of workers’ rebellions by company-sponsored
violence, local police, state militias, and the U.S. Army and
National Guard, it reveals a dimension of American history rarely
found in the usual high school or college history course.</p>
<p>Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much
as <em>Strike!</em> to bring U.S. labor history to a wide
audience. Now this fiftieth anniversary edition brings the story
up to date with chapters covering the “mini-revolts of the
twenty-first century,” including Occupy Wall Street and the Fight
for Fifteen. The new edition contains over a hundred pages of new
materials and concludes by examining a wide range of current
struggles, ranging from #BlackLivesMatter, to the great wave of
teachers' strikes “for the soul of public education,” to the
global “Student Strike for Climate” that may be harbingers of mass
strikes to come.</p>
<p><strong>Praise:</strong></p>
<p>“Jeremy Brecher’s <em>Strike! </em>is a classic of American
historical writing. This new edition, bringing his account up to
the present, comes amid rampant inequality and growing popular
resistance. No book could be more timely for those seeking the
roots of our current condition.”<br>
—Eric Foner, Pulitzer Prize winner and DeWitt Clinton Professor of
History at Columbia University</p>
<p>“Magnificent—a vivid, muscular labor history, just updated and
rereleased by PM Press, which should be at the side of anyone who
wants to understand the deep structure of force and counterforce
in America.”<br>
—JoAnn Wypijewski, author of <em>Killing Trayvons: An Anthology
of American Violence</em></p>
<p>“An exciting history of American labor. Brings to life the
flashpoints of labor history. Scholarly, genuinely stirring.”<br>
—<em>New York Times</em></p>
<p>“Splendid . . . clearly the best single-volume summary yet
published of American general strikes.”<br>
—<em>Washington Post</em></p>
<p>“A magnificent book. I hope it will take its place as the
standard history of American labor.”<br>
—Staughton Lynd, author of <em>Solidarity Unionism </em>and
coauthor of <em>Labor Law for the Rank and Filer</em></p>
<p><strong>About the Contributors:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Jeremy Brecher</strong> 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>
<p><strong>Sara Nelson</strong> is international president of the
Association of Flight Attendants–CWA, AFL-CIO. During the 2019
government shutdown, her call for a general strike helped showcase
the power aviation employees can wield by withholding service and
helped lead to the reopening of the government.</p>
<p><strong>Kim Kelly</strong> is the labor columnist for <em>Teen
Vogue. </em>Her writings on labor, politics, and culture have
appeared in the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Washington Post</em>,
the <em>Guardian</em>, <em>Pacific Standard</em>, and many
others. She is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America,
East, and has been active in multiple organizing and contract
campaigns since 2015.</p>
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