The defiant
Subtitle: protest movements in post-liberal America
By: Dawson Barrett
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781479808656
Subjects: Social conditions; Protest movements; Social justice; History
Description: In this exceptional new book, Dawson Barrett calls our attention to the post-1960s period, in which US economic, cultural, and political elites turned the tide against the protest movement gains of the previous forty years and reshaped the ability of activists to influence the political process. For much of the last half-century, policymakers in both major US political parties have been guided by the "pro-business" tenets of neoliberalism. Dubbed "casino capitalism" by its critics, this economy has ravaged the environment, expanded the for-profit war and prison industries, and built a global assembly line rooted in sweatshop labor, while more than doubling the share of American wealth and income held by the country's richest one percent. The Defiant explores the major policy shifts of this new Gilded Age through the lens of dissent--through the picket lines, protest marches, and sit-ins that greeted them at every turn. Capturing a wide range of protest movements in action--from environmentalists' tree-sits to Iraq War peace marches to Occupy Wall Street, #BlackLivesMatter, and more--The Defiant is a gripping analysis of the profound struggles of our times. -- Inside jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-225) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Wisconsin, 2011; title: Introduction : the American protest tradition; title: The forests for the trees : neoliberalism and the environment; title: Rebel spaces : youth, art, and countercultures; title: Links in the chain : workers' rights networks and globalization; title: Invasion and occupation : fighting the "war on terror"; title: Eviction and occupation : austerity and the global recession; title: Epilogue : Kennedy International Airport, 2017.