A number of veteran organizers and labor journalists are publishing books this year that will be of interest to Labor Notes readers. Many of them participated in a "Meet the Author" session at the recent Labor Notes Conference. Here are a few books to check out or pre-order: “We are getting our asses kicked. To revive the labor movement, we need to revive class struggle
Recent Books of Note for Labor Activists labornotes.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from labornotes.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the late nineteenth century, Latin American exports boomed. From Chihuahua to Patagonia, producers sent industrial fibers, tropical fruits, and staple goods across oceans to satisfy the ever-increasing demand from foreign markets. In southern Mexico s Soconusco district, the coffee trade would transform rural life. A regional history of the Soconusco as well as a study in commodity capitalism, From the Grounds Up places indigenous and mestizo villagers, migrant workers, and local politicians at the center of our understanding of the export boom.
An isolated, impoverished backwater for most of the nineteenth century, by 1920, the Soconusco had transformed into a small but vibrant node in the web of global commerce. Alongside plantation owners and foreign investors, a dense but little-explored web of small-time producers, shopowners, and laborers played key roles in the rapid expansion of export production. Their deep engagement with rural development challenges the standard top-down
From the Grounds Up: Building an Export Economy in Southern Mexico sup.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sup.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.