Return of the Strike: A Forum on the Teachers’ Rebellion in the United States
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Abstract
Bringing together leading observers of the 2018 teachers’ strikes in the United States, this forum surveys the origins, character, and trajectory of the rebellion as a whole. We examine the relations between union bureaucracies and the rank and file, the wider political context of the United States, the geography of the strike, immediate and longer-term grievances in the public-education sector, spontaneity and organisation, local cultural contexts and labour histories, strategies and tactics, social reproduction and gender, race and racism, and the potentialities and obstacles facing the movement in the near future.
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Return of the Strike: A Forum on the Teachers’ Rebellion in the United States
In: Historical MaterialismSearch for other papers by Tithi Bhattacharya in
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Abstract
Bringing together leading observers of the 2018 teachers’ strikes in the United States, this forum surveys the origins, character, and trajectory of the rebellion as a whole. We examine the relations between union bureaucracies and the rank and file, the wider political context of the United States, the geography of the strike, immediate and longer-term grievances in the public-education sector, spontaneity and organisation, local cultural contexts and labour histories, strategies and tactics, social reproduction and gender, race and racism, and the potentialities and obstacles facing the movement in the near future.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 1811 | 191 | 29 |
| Full Text Views | 219 | 14 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 239 | 17 | 0 |