Find Request It
Cover Image

Necessary trouble Americans in revolt

Show other versions (1)

We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social activism, among them the growth of the Tea Party, BlackLivesMatter, and the grassroots networks supporting presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders. Jaffe leads readers into the heart of these movements, explaining what h...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: Jaffe, Sarah, 1980- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nation Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Protest movements > United States.
Political participation > United States.
Political activists > United States.
Social movements > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Summary:We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social activism, among them the growth of the Tea Party, BlackLivesMatter, and the grassroots networks supporting presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders. Jaffe leads readers into the heart of these movements, explaining what has made ordinary Americans become activists. Americans, regardless of political alignment, are boldly challenging who wields power in this country, and are poised to permanently remake politics as we know it.
Physical Description:xi, 338 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-324) and index.
ISBN:9781568585369
1568585365
9781568589923
1568589921
Author Notes:Sarah Jaffe is a Type Media Center Fellow and an independent journalist covering the politics of power, from the workplace to the streets. She is the author of Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone and From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire . Her work has appeared in the New York Times , the Nation , the Guardian , the Washington Post , the New Republic , the American Prospect , and many other publications. She is the cohost, with Michelle Chen, of Dissent magazine's Belabored podcast, as well as a columnist at The Progressive and New Labor Forum .

Similar Items