May 1, 2011 ONE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION Click here to download a free pdf copy of Banded Together. Providing incisive commentary on the historical and contemporary American working class experience, Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley documents a community’s efforts to rebuild and revitalize itself in the aftermath of… Read More »
HISTORY FROM BELOW: HOW TO UNCOVER AND TELL THE STORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY, ASSOCIATION, OR UNION (REVISED EDITION)
December 31, 1997 PREFACE: In an age when “how to” books deal with self-centered making out, whether in commerce or sex, Jeremy Brecher’s work is astonishing and refreshing; and, God knows, necessary. History From Below is an exciting primer, enabling “ordinary” people, non-academics, to recover their own personal and community’s pasts. At a time… Read More »
CAN’ST THOU DRAW OUT LEVIATHAN WITH A FISHOOK?
April 1, 1995 For over a decade the Naugatuck Valley Project has tried to hold on to jobs, to build community and to gain control over the Valley’s economy. What is most exciting about this pamphlet is that it shows how people in one locality can learn, change and assert themselves in the process… Read More »