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SAVE THE HUMANS? COMMON PRESERVATION IN ACTION

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

October 1, 2011

“A medicine against apathy and political despair much-needs in the U.S. and the world today – Peter Marcuse, Columbia University

“Jeremy Brecher’s work is astonishing and refreshing; and, God knows, necessary.”
-Studs Terkel

“I have never learned more useful knowledge about advocacy than from this book.
-Mike Pertschuk, former chair, Federal Trade Commission

“This is an indispensable book that everyone concerned about the human future needs to read and act upon.”
-Richard Falk, University of California—Santa Barbara

Click here to download a free pdf copy of Save the Humans.

As world leaders fail to cooperate to address climate change, nuclear proliferation, economic meltdowns, and other threats to our survival, more and more people experience a pervasive sense of denial and despair. But common preservation can reshape the human future. Jeremy Brecher has seen common preservation in action, and in Save the Humans? he shows how it works. From Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaigns in India to the Solidarity Movement that initiated the end of East European Communism, to the 2011 uprisings throughout the Middle East and in the U.S. Middle West as well, Brecher shows what we can learn from the history of past social movements to help us confront today’s global threats of climate change, endless war, and economic chaos.

Author Jeremy Brecher, over the course of half a century, has participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace in Vietnam, international labor rights, global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate protection, among others. In that time, he has also written more than a dozen books on labor and social movements including the classics, Strike! and Global Village or Global Pillage?. He has received five regional Emmy Awards for his documentary film work on social justice issues and currently works with the Labor Network for Sustainability.

Paperback Publication
October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-61205-066-9
$18.95

For media requests and author interviews contact Pete Hammond at (303) 245-9054 or via email at peteh@paradigmpublishers.com

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ABOUT JEREMY BRECHER

11You and I may not know each other, but I suspect there are some problems that we share -- problems like climate change, war, and injustice. For half a century I have been participating in and writing about social movements that address those problems. The purpose of this website is to share what I've learned. I hope it provides something of use to you in addressing our common problems.

For the record, I am the author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements. I have written and/or produced more than twenty video documentaries. I have participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace in Vietnam, international labor rights, global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate protection, and many others.

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Common Preservation

  Human Survival Movement

Climate Protection

  Climate and Labor

  Climate Insurgency

  Against Doom

  Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs

Labor History

  Strike!

  Common Sense for Hard Times

STRIKE! Commentaries on Solidarity and Survival

  • Protecting Workers and Communities–From Below | Part 1: On the Ground
  • New Foundations for the House of Labor?
  • Commentary: The Green New Deal – The Current State of Play
  • Commentary: The Green New Deal in the States – Part 2
  • Commentary: The Green New Deal in the States – Part 1
  • If the Courts Won’t Protect the Climate the People Must
  • The Inflation Reduction Act and the Labor-Climate Movement

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