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Colossus with feet of clay Low-Wage Capitalism What the new globalized, high-tech imperialism means for the class struggle in the U.S By Fred Goldstein. "With the capitalist system demonstrably unfair, irrational, and prone to intermittent crises, it is useful, indeed refreshing, to see a Marxist analysis of globalization and its effects on working people. Fred Goldstein's LOW-WAGE CAPITALISM does exactly that." —
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Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit by Karl Marx Intimidated by Marx's Capital? Maybe start with these. Since their first appearance as separate brochures Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit have served as popular introductions to the study of political economy, each complementing the other.
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Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy By Grace Chang Illegal. Unamerican. Disposable. In a nation with an unprecedented history of immigration, the prevailing image of those who cross our borders in search of equal opportunity—in particular women of color of childbearing age—is that of a drain on society. Grace Chang’s vital account of immigrant women’s experiences proves just the opposite... MORE INFO |
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Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California By Carey McWilliams Published the same year as The Grapes of Wrath, Factories in the Field provided an examination of the lives of migrant farm workers and an indictment of the politics and consequences of agribusiness. A new forward by Douglas C. Sackman reflects on the value of the book and its influence in the years since its publication in 1939. MORE INFO |
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Workfare Workers Organize: Workfairness and the Struggle for Jobs, Justice & Equality By Larry Holmes and Shelley Ettinger
This informative book describes the efforts of people on Public Assistance who were suddenly forced to take workfare assignments in order to receive any benefits.
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The Bonus Army: An American Epic by Paul Dickson and Thomas B. Allen Smoke could be seen rising from the ruins of the Bonus Army's Anacostia camp on the morning after troops—using tear gas, bayonets, and torches—drove out the veterans and their families. "And this," said a veteran's wife, "because they cry for food....Because they beg for work." MORE INFO |
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A People's History of Science Miners Midwives and Low Mechaniks By Clifford D. Conner "A delightfully refreshing new look at the history of science."—Howard Zinn MORE INFO |
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¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A. Every night, Carlitos sleeps while his mother goes to work as a janitor in a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. When she comes home in the morning, she sends Carlitos off to school before she goes to bed herself. One night his mamá explains that she is not making enough money to support him and his abuelita. She and the other janitors have decided to go on strike to demand better wages. Carlitos wants to help, but he doesn't know how until...
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May Day: A Short History 1886 - 1996 This is the story of May Day, a holiday born in the U.S. a hundred years ago and since 1890 celebrated by working people the world over. In this short history, Philip Foner clarifies the dramatic origins of labor's May Day and recounts many highlights of May Day celebrations through the years. A history that continues to be written, in light of the millions strong immigrant rights marches on the first of May, 2006. MORE INFO |
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America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well-known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to the U.S. and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West. MORE INFO |
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High Tech Low Pay by Sam Marcy Originally published in 1986, this reissue of Marcy's classic on the impact of the high-tech revolution is most timely as capitalism experiences its biggest crisis since the 1930s. New introduction by Fred Goldstein, author of Low Wage Capitalism. MORE INFO |
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The Great Crash: Articles from Workers World newspaper New publication! What is behind the devastating onslaught on workers’ jobs
and homes? This compilation of articles from Workers World, beginning in
2006, analyzes the developing worldwide economic crisis and provides
strategies for a fight-back movement against the corporations and banks. MORE INFO |
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II In this ground-breaking historical exposé. Douglas A Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in U.S. history—an "Age of Neoslavery" that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. MORE INFO |
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Liberation Lit “What’s Lib Lit? – Library, map, lens, scalpel, compost, chisel, textbook, excavation: voices, images, wrestling, contradicting, confirming, the matter of resistant art and practice.”—Adrienne Rich MORE INFO |