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On the global waterfront : the fight to free the Charleston 5 / [Suzan Erem and E. Paul Durrenberger ; introduction by Greg Palast].
Lippincott Library HD8039.L82 S584 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erem, Suzan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stevedores--South Carolina--Charleston--History--21st century.
- Stevedores.
- African American stevedores--South Carolina--Charleston--History--21st century.
- African American stevedores.
- Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores--South Carolina--Charleston--History--21st century.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Stevedores--Labor unions--United States--History--21st century.
- Stevedores--Labor unions.
- History.
- Strikes and lockouts--Stevedores.
- United States.
- South Carolina--Charleston.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Monthly Review Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- On the Global Waterfront tells the story of longshoremen in Charleston, South Carolina, who-on the verge of a presidential election that would redefine American and global politics-confronted attempts to wipe out their union, the state's most powerful black organization, ILA Local 1422. This compelling narrative of a local struggle, a transformed union leader, and a newly-energized international worker movement highlights the resounding importance of a largely invisible sector of organized labor still powerful enough to stop global commerce on a dime. This is much more than just another labor story. It is a portrait of working people demanding more and better from globalization, which exposes the well-organized religious and corporate powers arrayed against them.
- Contents:
- The provocation
- Storm rising
- Condon and the "Christians"
- Taking up positions
- On the waterfront
- Nordana bows to global pressure
- Black longshoremen: when race and class collide
- Condon and Riley launch their campaigns
- The tide starts to turn
- Free the Charlestown 5!
- Countdown to trial
- Victory!
- The battle to come
- Not just another labor story.
- Notes:
- Statement of responsibility from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781583671634
- 1583671633
- OCLC:
- 166290652
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