Coalitions across the Class Divide : : Lessons from the Labor, Peace, and Environmental Movements / / Fred Rose.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Rose, Fred,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

Too often struggles for jobs and economic justice have been divided from social goals such as peace or protecting the environment. How do we create an economy where both the process and product of work serve life-sustaining goals? Coalitions across the Class Divide argues that the seeds of this new society are being sown by those who learn to bridge working and middle-class movements and cultures. A new generation of activists is seizing a historic opportunity to organize coalitions across the labor, peace, environmental, and other movements that have previously worked in isolation or at odds. Fred Rose brings the challenges and potential of coalition organizing to life through an in-depth look at cases of conflict and cooperation. From the timber wars in the Pacific Northwest to military conversion coalitions emerging with the end of the Cold War, these cases teach practical lessons about the processes and pitfalls of organizing across movements and classes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- PART I. The Class Divide -- 1. The Progressive Logjam -- 2. Coalition Democracy and Class Politics: An Overview -- PART II. Why the Conflict? -- 3. Battles over Old Growth: The Problem of Multiple Interests -- 4. When Classes Meet: Class-Cultural Lenses -- PART III. Historical Context -- 5. History Hangs in the Balance: Peace and Labor Relations -- 6. The Political Moment: Opportunities for Coalitions -- PART IV. Coalitions in Practice -- 7. Coalition Organizing -- 8. Learning in Coalitions -- 9. Bridge Builders: Agents of Reconciliation -- 10. Finding a Common Language -- Conclusion: Prospects for a Working- and Middle-Class Alliance -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index