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CRISIS ECONOMY: BORN AGAIN LABOR MOVEMENT?

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

March 12,  1984   The U.S. economy is going through a transformation that is fundamentally altering the situation of American working people. It is removing the majority of workers from relatively secure job structures and thrusting them into a semi-casualized labor market. It is destroying the existing bases of power for both union and non-union… Read More »

Filed Under: Article, Economics, History, Labor, Social Movements

BRASS VALLEY

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

December 1, 1982 “Absolutely wonderful — the best single book on working class history in the U.S. we now have.” —George Rawick, University of Missouri. “An excellent study of the brass workers of the Naugatuck Valley… weaves the views of participants and charts, statistics, and excellent photographs into a rich narrative. Recommended.” —Library Journal. Click… Read More »

Filed Under: Book, Connecticut economy, Connecticut history, Featured, History, Labor, Labor history

STRIKE!: A REVIEW – ROOT & BRANCH

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

 December 14, 1973   Reviewed by Steven Sapolsky in Root & Branch No. 4, 1973 There is a growing awareness among the left that we are approaching a fateful turning point in our history. The apocalyptic expectations of the 60s have dissolved away, leaving remarkably little profound disillusionment. Instead, there are many radicals throughout the… Read More »

Filed Under: Labor, Labor history, Review

Notes on the Postal Strike, 1970

Posted by Jeremy Brecher

Root and Branch on the wildcat strike of US postal workers in 1970 and its implications. I A new labor movement is being born in America. It is the autonomous creation of the working class. It exists more potentially than actually, but its early seeds are appearing in wildcat strikes in the trucking, air transport,… Read More »

Filed Under: Labor

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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

  • Social Strikes in American History
  • Social Strike for Social Self-Defense: The Last Recourse Against Tyranny
  • Make the Fossil Fuel Powers Stranded Assets
  • How a Movement-Based Opposition Defeated the First Trump Coup
  • Movement-Based Opposition: A Successful American Example
  • Social Self-Defense: From Protest to Contest
  • The Movement-Based Opposition in Action

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