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... New Political Science, Volume 31/ Number 4/ December 2009 REVIEW ESSAY Organized Labor and Class Consciousness in the United States Michael o. Yates, Why Unions Matter, 2nd ed. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2009, 240 pp. Michael O. Yates, In and Out of the Working Class. Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring...

...Taylor E. Dark, III Abstract The onset of the Great Recession raised hopes among union supporters that organized labor would be able to use the downturn to gain greater political influence and new members. But despite Democratic Party victories in 2008, unions found it quite difficult to take...

...Susan Kang Nezv Political Science, 2013 "v' TO . I35N, 0.2, 307-312, h Up: lidx.doi.orgI 10.1080I 07393148.2013.790715 ~l Routledge ~~ Taylor&FrancisGroup REVIEW ESSAY The Labor Question: Considering Next Steps for Organized Labor in the United States Michael D. Yates, Wisconsin Uprising: Labor...

... in their attempt to organize collective political identities, contest elections, and build long term grassroots power in a conservative rural district. The key tactic for organizers was the persuasion cycle , where canvassers would develop rich personal narratives and engage voters in deep conversations...

...Christopher Malone; George Martinez, Jr. Abstract This article argues that hip-hop is an “organic globalizer.” No matter its pervasiveness or its reach around the world, hip-hop ultimately remains a grassroots phenomenon that is born of the community from which it permeates. The authors contend...

...Dorothee Benz Abstract The fortunes of organized labor in the United States are on the decline. Union density has been steadily falling for decades, and even a concerted effort by innovative unions and new leadership at the AFL-CIO since 1995 has failed to reverse the losses. Amidst this generally...

...Louis Corsino Louis Corsino Campaign Organizations, Social Technology and Apolitical Participation Popular political participation has long been viewed as a necessary element in the legitimation of existing political structures or regimes. This element is so necessary in fact that elite groupsl...

...David Forrest Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America , by Hahrie Han , Elizabeth McKenna , and Michelle Oyakawa , Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press , July 2021 , 216 pp., Softcover: $27.50 , ISBN 978-0-226-74390-5 . © 2022 David...

... to reconstruct their identity and nationalism. The refugees’ narratives were most commonly associated with the social-political realities of historic Palestine, especially those linked to political organization, civil society, strong traditions, and social solidarity. Refugees put great emphasis...

... Marxism conference in November 1992. A copy of the footnotes can be obtained by writing to the author at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115. © 1993 Caucus for a New Political Science 1993 129 George Katsiaficas * ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ORGANIZATION IN GERMAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Often...

...Louise Olliff Abstract This article describes the everyday humanitarianism of refugees resettled in Australia who form small voluntary organizations to help “their people” displaced elsewhere in the world. The people involved in refugee diaspora organizations (RD05) are animated by forces...

...Christopher I. Clement Abstract Since the mid-20th century, discourse on democracy in academia has been dominated by a conception that privileges the US and Western European democracies and capitalist markets. In this paper, I refer to Gramsci’s concept of “organic intellectuals” to argue...

...Na Kahn-chae Abstract This paper attempts to explain the developmental process of the Gwangju Uprising, which lasted for 10 days in May 1980. The early stage of the Uprising is described based on collective behavior theory. After that, groups of movement organizations appeared with complex...

...Valerie Francisco-Menchavez; Jessa Delos Reyes; Tiffany Mendoza; Stephanie Ancheta; Katrina Liwanag Abstract Filipino immigrants and Filipino-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) in San Francisco work to meet community members’ immediate needs. At the same time, it activates political...

... in power, whil in Nicaragua the Sandinistas have been the opposition party since 1990. What impact have these transitions had on democracy, civil society, and the nature of women's organizing in the post-revolutionary period in each country? This article offers a critical examination of the notions...

...Joan Reutershan Organizing News Organizing Around the Hyphen Joan Reutershan At the Marxist-Feminist Conference at Barnard College in 1977, one goal of the women in the "M-F" groups was defined as "dissolving the hyphen"-to move beyond a "split vision" of social reality. By supplementing Marxian...

...Steve Forgione ORGANIZING NEWS 73 Organizing on the Left: Some Thoughts on the Lesbian/Gay Struggle Steve Forgione For those of us who feel that only a fundamental restructuring of this society can lay the basis for the end of anti-gay bigotry and (hetero)-sexism, a discussion of the left and its...

... ORGANIZING NEWS 75 decadent, neurotic, silly, homicidal, sexually obsessed, ineffectual, suicidal, psychotic, etc.; in short, of little true human value. Recently, we organized a successful campaign to reinstate a Lesbian film, "A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts," censored by WNET, the New York City...

...Hina Cheema Abstract The South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) model empowers development organizations in the Global South through grassroots approaches that challenge top-down donor-recipient frameworks associated with Global North-led initiatives. This study highlights the significance...

... be found in shopping malls and international organizations alike, and the struggles over its ethics and politics are consistent. Key questions arise: What does helping look like in the age of market-driven, digital mediabased action? What are the implications of such practices for the ethics and politics...