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1 online resource (xi, 110 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-95). |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Foreword / by Ruth Wilson Gilmore -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. North American freedom struggles. Black liberation and settler colonialism -- The American Indian Movement -- Puerto Rican independence -- Chicano liberation -- Ch. 2. Anti-imperialism, anti-authoritarianism, and revolutionary nonviolence. The politics of solidarity -- Militants of the white working class -- Revolutionary nonviolence -- Ch. 3. Earth and animal liberation -- Ch. 4. Déjà vu and the Patriot Act -- Conclusion : a new beginning -- Afterword / by dream hampton -- A bibliographic note -- Organizational resources -- About the authors. |
| Summary |
"An accessible yet wide-ranging historical primer about how mass imprisonment has been a tool of repression deployed against diverse left-wing social movements over the last fifty years. Berger examines some of the most dynamic social movements across half a century: black liberation, Puerto Rican independence, Native American sovereignty, Chicano radicalism, white antiracist and working-class mobilizations, pacifist and antinuclear campaigns, and earth liberation and animal rights. Berger's encyclopedic knowledge of American social movements provides a rich comparative history of numerous social movements that continue to shape contemporary politics. The book also offers a little-heard voice in contemporary critiques of mass incarceration. Rather than seeing the issue of America's prison growth as stemming solely from the war on drugs, Berger locates mass incarceration within a slew of social movements that have provided steep challenges to state power"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Imprisonment. |
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United States. |
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Political prisoners -- United States -- History.
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Political prisoners. |
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History. |
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Prisoners -- United States.
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Prisoners. |
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Prisons -- United States.
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Prisons. |
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Social movements -- United States -- History.
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Social movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Social movements. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Berger, Dan, 1981- Struggle within. Oakland, CA : PM Press ; Montreal, Quebec, Kersplebedeb, 2014 9781604869552 (OCoLC)872123652 |
| ISBN |
9781629630113 electronic book |
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162963011X electronic book |
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1306452880 electronic book |
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9781306452885 electronic book |
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9781604869811 electronic book |
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160486981X electronic book |
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9781604869552 (paper) |
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1604869550 (paper) |
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