Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (924 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608462218 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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He co-edited Solidarity Forever: An Oral History of the IWW, Encyclopedia of the American Left, and The Immigrant Left in the United States. Dan Georgakas is a longtime editor of Cineaste magazine and has contributed to numerous film anthologies and other film journals. *Dan Georgakas is a writer, historian, and activist with a long-time interest in social movements. . He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Dan Georg
Ian Hartman said although it is a fun read. This is a very well written and. I am review this as a communist, not as a reader. I read this book as a communist, so I have not choice but to review it as such. By this I mean I read it for political education, not for pleasure, although it is a fun read.This is a very well written and researched account of a major, but under documented aspe. Plenty to take away, and the best book on labor history I've ever read. There is a lot to take away from Detroit: I Do Mind Dying. The book is a pretty comprehensive narrative detailing the radical black labor movement that emerged in Detroit in response to bureaucratic trade unions, classism, and racism. There is plenty of context and history in this book for you to understand the. Excellent insight into Detroit in the twilight of Fordism Forget all of the superficial treatments of Detroit's decline. Read this book instead for some real insights into the pivotal period of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He conducts workshops on Workplace and Community Organizing, Urban Political Economy, and Urban Renewal in the U.S.A. . About the Author *Marvin Surkin, PhD, Political Science, New York University, New York, NY is a specialist in comparative urban politics and social change. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. His memoir is My Detroit, Growing Up Greek and American in Motor City. Surkin worked at the center of League of Revolutionary Black workers in Detroit. *Dan Georgakas is a writer, historian, and activist with a long-time interest in social movements. and its Significance for Development in the Third World, and Comparative Urban Architecture. Dan Georgakas founded the Greek American Committee
He is the author of My Detroit, Growing up Greek and American in Motor City.. Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as they became two of the landmark political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely heralded as one the most important books on the black liberation movement.Marvin Surkin received his PhD in political science from New York University and is a specialist in comparative urban politics and social change. He worked at the center of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit.Dan Georgakas is a writer, historian, and activist with a long-time interest in social moveme