People S Movements People S Press

Author : Bob Ostertag
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0807061662

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People's Movements, People's Press by Bob Ostertag Pdf

America was born in an act of rebellion, and protest and dissent have been crucial to our democracy ever since. Along the way, movements for social justice have created a wide array of pamphlets, broadsides, newsletters, newspapers, and even glossy magazines. In People's Movements, People's Press, Bob Ostertag brings this hidden history to light, examining the publications of the abolitionist, woman suffrage, gay and lesbian, and environmental movements, as well as the underground GI press during the Vietnam War. This fascinating story takes us from the sparse, privately owned media environment of the nineteenth century to the corporate media saturation of the present. Within these publications, we find powerful debates about the direction of a movement; impassioned cries for rights and civil liberties; lonely voices reaching out to others after being alienated by the mainstream press and the unaccepting world around them; and demands that now seem surprisingly reasonable but were at one time quite revolutionary. With both plain language and rigorous scholarship, Ostertag tells the story not only of the publications but the many colorful characters who created them. The story of the social justice movement press is deeply intertwined with the story of the movements themselves. In fact, Ostertag shows how reliance on the printed word fundamentally shaped what we now know as social movements. People's Movements, People's Press, then, offers a new view—from the ground up—of social transformation in America and raises the question of how social movements will change as they move from print to the Internet as their primary means of communication. As large corporations take over every media outlet available, People's Movements, People's Press reminds us of the great value and historical importance of independent, activist-driven media.

Author : Isaac William Martin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199389995

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Rich People's Movements by Isaac William Martin Pdf

On tax day, April 15, 2010, hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets with signs demanding lower taxes on the richest one percent. But why? Rich people have plenty of political influence. Why would they need to publicly demonstrate for lower taxes-and why would anyone who wasn't rich join the protest on their behalf? Isaac William Martin shows that such protests long predate the Tea Party of our own time. Ever since the Sixteenth Amendment introduced a Federal income tax in 1913, rich Americans have protested new public policies that they thought would threaten their wealth. But while historians have taught us much about the conservative social movements that reshaped the Republican Party in the late 20th century, the story of protest movements explicitly designed to benefit the wealthy is still little known. Rich People's Movements is the first book to tell that story, tracking a series of protest movements that arose to challenge an expanding welfare state and progressive taxation. Drawing from a mix of anti-progressive ideas, the leaders of these movements organized scattered local constituencies into effective campaigns in the 1920s, 1950s, 1980s, and our own era. Martin shows how protesters on behalf of the rich appropriated the tactics used by the Left-from the Populists and Progressives of the early twentieth century to the feminists and anti-war activists of the 1950s and 1960s. He explores why the wealthy sometimes cut secret back-room deals and at other times protest in the public square. He also explains why people who are not rich have so often rallied to their cause. For anyone wanting to understand the anti-tax activists of today, including notable defenders of wealth inequality like the Koch brothers, the historical account in Rich People's Movements is an essential guide.

Author : Ingrid Muenstermann
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789535129233

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People's Movements in the 21st Century by Ingrid Muenstermann Pdf

The UNHCR assures us that never before have there been so many people on the move at the same time, mainly because of war-inflicted circumstances. Authors from different reputed institutions share their knowledge on this open-access platform to disseminate their knowledge at the global level. This book captures issues involved in meeting the challenges of people's movements in the twenty-first century. It explores attitudes of previously colonized people in a post-colonial period, analyses food insecurity in Canada, quality of life of elderly Turkish and Polish migrants in Germany, suicidal behaviours of immigrants admitted to an Italian-teaching hospital, and migration from a public healthcare perspective and points to the problem of tuberculosis among immigrants. Challenges of a more personal nature relate to second-language learning and acculturation of Brazilian migrants in Portugal and Asians as model minorities. Empirical evidence of why immigrants leave Norway is provided, and there is a discussion on the new actors of international migration (foreign students). This book closes with the voices of trailing women when it comes to the decision to emigrate. The collective contributions from experts attempt to provide updates regarding ongoing research and developments pertaining to migration.

Author : Tony Saich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781315489353

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The Chinese People's Movement by Tony Saich Pdf

The pro-democracy demonstrations of April-May 1989 heralded the awakening of public opinion in urban China; the brutal suppression in June revealed a Communist Party leadership severely out of touch with its own society and its aspirations. The contributors to this timely book, a number of whom witnessed the events described, place these dramatic events within the broader context of China's developmental experience. Rather than an instant reaction and description, however, this book grows out of the ongoing research interests and keen onservational skills of the contributors. Therefore it provides as historical, developmental, societal, cultural, and political context for the tragic event in terms of their antecedents, ramifications, and impact on the history of the Chinese People's movement.

Author : James J. Lorence
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820338767

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The Unemployed People's Movement by James J. Lorence Pdf

In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. James J. Lorence adds significantly to our understanding of this movement, which took place far from the northeastern and midwestern sites we commonly associate with Depression-era labor struggles. Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly accessible records of the Communist Party of the United States, Lorence details interactions between various institutional and grassroots players, including organized labor, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, liberal activists, and officials at every level of government. He shows, for example, how the Communist Party played a more central role than previously understood in the organization of the unemployed and the advancement of labor and working-class interests in Georgia. Communists gained respect among the jobless, especially African Americans, for their willingness to challenge officials, help negotiate the welfare bureaucracy, and gain access to New Deal social programs. Lorence enhances our understanding of the struggles of the poor and unemployed in a Depression-era southern state. At the same time, we are reminded of their movement's lasting legacy: the shift in popular consciousness that took place as Georgians, "influenced by a new sense of entitlement fostered by the unemployed organizations," began to conceive of new, more-equal relations with the state.

Author : Frances Fox Piven,Richard Cloward
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307814678

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Poor People's Movements by Frances Fox Piven,Richard Cloward Pdf

Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic Regulating The Poor assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America: -- The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America -- The industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO -- The Southern Civil Rights Movement -- The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization.

Author : Andrew Crosby,Jeffrey Monaghan
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773630458

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Policing Indigenous Movements by Andrew Crosby,Jeffrey Monaghan Pdf

In recent years, Indigenous peoples have lead a number of high profile movements fighting for social and environmental justice in Canada. From land struggles to struggles against resource extraction, pipeline development and fracking, land and water defenders have created a national discussion about these issues and successfully slowed the rate of resource extraction. But their success has also meant an increase in the surveillance and policing of Indigenous peoples and their movements. In Policing Indigenous Movements, Crosby and Monaghan use the Access to Information Act to interrogate how policing and other security agencies have been monitoring, cataloguing and working to silence Indigenous land defenders and other opponents of extractive capitalism. Through an examination of four prominent movements — the long-standing conflict involving the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, the struggle against the Northern Gateway Pipeline, the Idle No More movement and the anti-fracking protests surrounding the Elsipogtog First Nation — this important book raises critical questions regarding the expansion of the security apparatus, the normalization of police surveillance targeting social movements, the relationship between police and energy corporations, the criminalization of dissent and threats to civil liberties and collective action in an era of extractive capitalism and hyper surveillance. In one of the most comprehensive accounts of contemporary government surveillance, the authors vividly demonstrate that it is the norms of settler colonialism that allow these movements to be classified as national security threats and the growing network of policing, governmental, and private agencies that comprise what they call the security state.

Author : Asef Bayat
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0231108591

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Street Politics by Asef Bayat Pdf

The story of a grassroots political movement that flourished throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Author : Robert Saffold
Publisher : The Riley Institute at Furman University
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780578358567

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A People’s Movement by Robert Saffold Pdf

The passage of the Education Improvement Act (EIA) of 1984 was transformational for the state of South Carolina. The Act sought to address growing concerns about the state’s lagging economic competitiveness and its long record of low academic achievement among students from underserved communities. To address these challenges, a cross-sector coalition led by then Governor Richard W. Riley successfully made the public case for bold, comprehensive, and rapid reform. How did they do it? How did passage of the EIA become a people’s movement? A People’s Movement to take a fresh look at the EIA — and in the process discovered that the “playbook” used by Governor Riley and his leadership team in the early 1980s remains relevant today.

Author : R. Raman Nair
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Kerala (India)
ISBN : 8170228220

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People's Library Movement by R. Raman Nair Pdf

With reference to Kerala, India.

Author : Stephen Allen,Alexandra Xanthaki
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847316233

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Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Stephen Allen,Alexandra Xanthaki Pdf

The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 September 2007 was acclaimed as a major success for the United Nations system given the extent to which it consolidates and develops the international corpus of indigenous rights. This is the first in-depth academic analysis of this far-reaching instrument. Indigenous representatives have argued that the rights contained in the Declaration, and the processes by which it was formulated, obligate affected States to accept the validity of its provisions and its interpretation of contested concepts (such as 'culture', 'land', 'ownership' and 'self-determination'). This edited collection contains essays written by the main protagonists in the development of the Declaration; indigenous representatives; and field-leading academics. It offers a comprehensive institutional, thematic and regional analysis of the Declaration. In particular, it explores the Declaration's normative resonance for international law and considers the ways in which this international instrument could catalyse institutional action and influence the development of national laws and policies on indigenous issues.

Author : F.O. Erb
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781149341049

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The development of the young people's movement by F.O. Erb Pdf

Author : Nicolas Lampert
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781595589316

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A People?s Art History of the United States by Nicolas Lampert Pdf

Most people outside of the art world view art as something that is foreign to their experiences and everyday lives. A People’s Art History of the United States places art history squarely in the rough–and–tumble of politics, social struggles, and the fight for justice from the colonial era through the present day. Author and radical artist Nicolas Lampert combines historical sweep with detailed examinations of individual artists and works in a politically charged narrative that spans the conquest of the Americas, the American Revolution, slavery and abolition, western expansion, the suffragette movement and feminism, civil rights movements, environmental movements, LGBT movements, antiglobalization movements, contemporary antiwar movements, and beyond. A People’s Art History of the United States introduces us to key works of American radical art alongside dramatic retellings of the histories that inspired them. Stylishly illustrated with over two hundred images, this book is nothing less than an alternative education for anyone interested in the powerful role that art plays in our society.

Author : Nina Treu,Matthias Schmelzer,Corinna Burkhart
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789041873

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Degrowth in Movement(s) by Nina Treu,Matthias Schmelzer,Corinna Burkhart Pdf

Degrowth is an emerging social movement that overlaps with proposals for systemic change such as anti-globalization and climate justice, commons and transition towns, basic income and Buen Vivir. Degrowth in Movement(s) reflects on the current situation of social movements aiming at overcoming capitalism, industrialism and domination. The essays ask: What is the key idea of the respective movement? Who is active? What is the relation with the degrowth movement? What can the degrowth movement learn from these other movements and the other way around? Which common proposals, but also which contradictions, oppositions and tensions exist? And what alliances could be possible for broader systemic transformations? Corinna Bukhart, Matthias Schmelzer, and Nina Treu have curated an impressive demonstration that there are, beyond regressive neoliberalism and techno-fixes, emancipatory alternatives contributing to a good life for all. Degrowth in Movement(s) explores this mosaic for social-ecological transformation - an alliance strengthened by diversity.

Author : John D. H. Downing,John Derek Hall Downing
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761926887

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Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media by John D. H. Downing,John Derek Hall Downing Pdf

The entries are designed to be relatively brief with clear, accessible, and current information.