America’s
middle class has
been
systematically
dismantled over
the past 25
years to line
the pockets of
the super-rich
and big
corporations.
Here’s how it
happened and
what we must do
to re-create a
prospering
middle class and
keep America
strong.
Paul
Wellstone: The Life of a Passionate
Progressive, by
Bill Lofy. In this biography of the
late senator, Lofy tells the
inspirational story of one of the
most compelling figures in the
history of American politics. The
book chronicles Wellstone’s life
and political career and includes an
afterword by Bill Bradley.
Taking
on the Big Boys: Or Why Feminism Is
Good for Families, Business and the
Nation, by Ellen
Bravo, paperback. Bravo reports what’s
really happening in today’s
workplace with stories from offices,
assembly lines and schools. She
unmasks the patronizing,
trivializing and minimizing tactics
employed by “the big boys” (the
powerful people who maintain the
status quo) and their surrogates.
The
Global Class War,
by Jeff Faux. Faux, the founding
president of the Economic Policy
Institute, explains why America’s
governing class has become so
indifferent to the fate of its
people. Faux argues that they now
can find workers and investment
opportunities elsewhere, America’s
rich and powerful are abandoning the
social contract that, until
recently, had united the economic
interests of all Americans.
Going
Down Jericho Road: The Memphis
Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last
Campaign, by
Michael Honey. The definitive
history of the epic struggle for
economic justice that became Martin
Luther King Jr.’s last crusade.
Honey describes King as undertaking
a Poor People’s Campaign at the
crossroads of his life, vilified as
a subversive, hounded by the FBI and
seeing in the working poor of
Memphis his hopes for a better
America.
The
Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story
of America’s Largest Labor
Uprising, by
Robert Shogan, covers a 10-day
battle that included at least 10,000
men, erupting in 1921 when West
Virginia coal miners, who had been
subjected to brutal exploitation for
many years, marched against the
powerful mine owners.
The
Chasm: An American Globalization
Story, by David
Ainsworth. If you liked the TV
series “The West Wing,” you
will love this book. It is the only
novel that dissects the growing
impact of the global economy on
Americans. America is a sitting
duck, and the American Dream is the
first casualty of the trade war that
has already begun.
Mother
Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’
Rights, by Judith
Pinkerton Josephson. Mary Harris “Mother”
Jones was once known as “the most
dangerous woman.” This biography—aimed
at young readers, ages 12 and up—is
an account of the life and work of
the outspoken labor organizer and
reformer loaded with her own fiery
words and indomitable spirit.
Dreamland,
by Kevin Baker. A dazzling
masterpiece of literary historical
fiction, Dreamland delivers
a sweeping, yet intimate, portrait
of immigrant New York in the early
part of the 20th century.
¡Sí,
Se Puede! Yes, We Can!,
by Diana Cohn. This inspirational
children’s story about the 2000
janitors’ strike in Los Angeles
reminds us that victories can be won
and the future lies with the
children we can inspire.
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