Jeremy Brecher
Auteur van Strike!
Over de Auteur
Jeremy Brecher has participated in movements for nuclear disarmament, civil rights, peace, international labor rights, global economic justice, accountability for war crimes, climate protection, and many others. He is the author of fifteen books on labor and social movements, including the national toon meer best seller Strike! He has received five regional Emmy awards for his documentary film work. He is currently policy and research director for the Labor Network for Sustainability. toon minder
Fotografie: Jeremy Brecher at World Social Forum 3, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2003. (courtesy of ZNet)
Werken van Jeremy Brecher
Common sense for hard times: The power of the powerless to cope with everyday life and transform society in the… (1976) 18 exemplaren
Using Ethnographic Data: Interventions, Public Programming, and Public Policy: Interventions, Public Programming, and… (1999) — Medewerker — 16 exemplaren
Building Bridges: The Emerging Grassroots Coalition of Labor and Community (1990) — Redacteur — 14 exemplaren
History from below: How to uncover and tell the story of your community, association, or union (1995) 11 exemplaren
Brass Valley : the story of working people's lives and struggles in an American industrial region (1982) 10 exemplaren
Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley (Working Class in American History) (2011) 7 exemplaren
From Mass Strike to New Society 1 exemplaar
Keeping Time: An Oral History of Clockmaking 1 exemplaar
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Panic Rules!: Everything You Need to Know about the Global Economy (1999) — Voorwoord — 45 exemplaren
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- Brecher, Jeremy
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- 1946-03-08
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- Woonplaatsen
- Connecticut, USA
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- Union Graduate School (PhD)
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1. He spends a far too big chunk of the book talking about the book. Most sections begin with a lengthy description of what's to follow and end with an even lengthier recap of what was just read. If you take away that, plus all the times he references his other books, this would be barely more than a pamphlet.
2. He gives a history of the climate change resistance movement and doesn't once mention Earth First!. In fact, he basically gives Bill McKibben credit for introducing the movement to direct action. I think this has more to do with the author being a liberal than a lack of knowledge or research.
3. After talking a bunch about a climate insurgency and how the only reason governments and corporations have power over the people is because we let them, he offers more government regulations and corporate generosity as solutions to the mess we're in. Hey, Jeremy, the government isn't going to end climate change, wars, poverty, etc.… (meer)