Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States

Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States
420 pages | Publisher: AK Press (August 1, 2010) | ISBN: 1849350167 | PDF | 10 Mb

From saddle-cloth struggles to food politics, from in need people's movements to radical sagacity projects, from the Right to the City Alliance to the US Social Forum, Uses of a Whirlwind explores the current mixture of social movements in the United States. With alike emphasis placed on movement history and move building, Whirlwind is a call to battle for a new decade of organizing. Contributors take in Robin DG Kelley, Grace Lee Boggs, Michael Hardt, Chris Carlsson, Take Back the Land, Domestic Workers United, the Starbucks Workers Union, Brian Tokar, Dorothy Kidd, and Ashanti Alston.