When we fight we win! : twenty-first-century social movements and the activists that are transforming our world /

Same-sex marriage, #BlackLivesMatter, the Dream Act, the People's Climate March, End the New Jim Crow, Occupy Wall Street, these are just a few of the initiatives that have taken flight in the past decade, the most fertile and productive era of activism and reform this country has seen since th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jobin-Leeds, Greg (Author), AgitArte (Firm) (Author)
Other Authors:	Sen, Rinku (writer of foreword.), Darder, Antonia (writer of afterword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Social reformers > United States. Political activists > United States. Social action > United States > History > 21st century. Social movements > United States > History > 21st century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership. HISTORY / Social History. HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: inspiration from stories
Reclaiming wholeness: the LGBTQ movement
Grounded in community: the fight for the soul of public education
Transforming visions: ending mass incarceration
The power of stories: the dreamers and immigrant rights
"When we fight, we win!": the struggle for economic power
Environmental warriors: going to the root of the problem
Epilogue: solidarity
a gathering
Afterword: stories of love and fury / Antonia Darder.