Uprising : how Wisconsin renewed the politics of protest, from Madison to Wall Street / John Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Wisconsin--History--21st century.

Labor movement.

Protest movements--Wisconsin--History--21st century.

Protest movements.

Collective bargaining--Government employees--Wisconsin.

Collective bargaining.

Occupy movement--United States.

Occupy movement.

Politics and government.

Collective bargaining--Government employees.

History.

Wisconsin--Politics and government--21st century.

Wisconsin.

Madison (Wis.)--History--21st century.

Madison (Wis.).

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 192 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, [2012]

Summary:

The rapid growth of the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrated the desire of the American people to rise up and be heard. John Nichols's Uprising traces the roots of this remarkable phenomenon to Wisconsin, a place that has become the reference point for a renewal of labor militancy, mass protest, and radical politics, thanks to the events on February 11, 2011-when Governor Scott Walker announced he would strip collective bargaining rights from public employees and teachers. The protests drew more attention from the general public than any American labor struggle in decades. This struggle-which has faced legislative disappointments, legal challenges, and dramatic electoral twists and turns-raises key questions about how mass movements can forge not only a new and better economy, but new and better politics.

Reporting from Madison, Washington, D.C, and Wall Street, John Nichols shows how Wisconsin and Occupy Wall Street have inspired a nation and transformed the political debate. At a time when public services are under assault from corporate privatizers and billionaire political donors, the public repudiation of Walker's efforts (and the shadowy interests like the Koch Brothers behind them) has translated into a broader challenge to corporate America, Wall Street, the far Right, and its media echo chamber. Book jacket.

Contents:

"Madison, Wisconsin, let's get rowdy!" : on the cold first night of a golden age

First Amendment remedies: a reclaiming of the Constitution's rules for radicals

The arc of history bends toward solidarity: how a sense of place shapes a struggle, and a future

"Wisconsin is not broke, American is not broke" : an economics lesson from Michael Moore

The next media system : beyond "old" and "new," a journalistic and democratic media for the Twenty-First century

The rise of the house of labor : street heat, politics as unusual, and the evolution of the mastodon

Afterword: the remedy is to begin anew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781568587035

1568587031

OCLC:

724651050