It Started in Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest

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Within the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what become the largest and liveliest labor demonstrations in up to date American history. Protesters Within the Middle East sent greetings—and pizzas—to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 demonstrators converged at the city.

In a year that has seen a revival of protest in The united states, here’s a riveting account of the first great wave of grassroots resistance to the corporate restructuring of the Great Recession.

It Began in Wisconsin includes eyewitness reports by striking teachers, students, and others (such as Wisconsin-born musician Tom Morello), in addition to essays explaining Wisconsin’s progressive legacy by acclaimed historians. The book lays bare the national corporate campaign that crafted Wisconsin’s anti-union legislation and identical laws around the country, and it conveys the infectious esprit de corps that pervaded the protests with original pictures and comics.

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