Uprising How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street

Name: Uprising How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street
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ISBN: 9781568587035

ISBN-10: 1568587031

ISBN-13: 9781568587035

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Nichols

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The protest movement that captivated the nation and paved the path for Occupy Wall Street. More than 100,000 public employees, teachers, students, and their allies descended on the capital in Madison, Wisconsin after Governor Scott Walker announced his plan to eliminate the right of public sector employees to unionize. The struggle (and the Democratic caucus’ escape to Indiana in order to prevent a quorum from being reached) elicited extensive national media coverage and debate—as well as enormous grassroots support for protestors. Uprising provides an anatomy of the event and its implications for the political future of the nation. As state legislatures across the US (in Ohio and New…

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List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 2/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.19" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Foreword



"Madison,Wisconsin, Lets 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, America 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 at Unusual, and the Evolution of the Mastodon


Afterword: The Remedy Is to Begin Anew


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