Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance & Rebellion - Softcover

Working Class History Working Class History

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629638234 ISBN 13: 9781629638232

Publisher: PM Press, 2020

Synopsis

History is not made by kings, politicians, or a few rich individuals--it is made by all of us. Working Class History presents a distinct selection of people's history through hundreds of "on this day in history" anniversaries that are as diverse and international as the working class itself. Women, young people, people of color, workers, migrants, indigenous people, LGBTQ people, disabled people, older people, the unemployed, home workers, and every other part of the working class have organized and taken action that has shaped our world, and improvements in living and working conditions have been won only by years of violent conflict and sacrifice. Going day by day, this book paints a picture of how and why the world came to be as it is, how some have tried to change it, and the lengths to which the rich and powerful have gone to maintain and increase their wealth and influence.

About this title

About the Author

Noam Chomsky is a lifelong activist and laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Founded in 2014, Working Class History is an international collective of worker-activists who launched a podcast and social media project to uncover our collective history of fighting for a better world and promote it to educate and inspire a new generation of activists.

Edition details

• Publisher: PM Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629638234
• ISBN 13: 9781629638232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Working Class History Working Class History