The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States
Dan Berger (Author), dream hampton (Afterword), Ruth Wilson Gilmore (Foreword)
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An accessible yet wide-ranging historical primer, The Struggle Within discusses how mass imprisonment has been a state-sponsered tool of repression deployed against diverse, left-wing social movements over the last 50 years. Author Dan Berger goes on to examine some of the most dynamic social movements across half a century, including black liberation, Puerto Rican independence, Native American sovereignty, Chicano radicalism, white antiracist and working-class mobilizations, pacifist and antinuclear campaigns, earth liberation, and animal rights. Berger’s encyclopedic knowledge of social movements in the United States provides a rich comparative history of numerous campaigns that continue to shape contemporary politics. The book also offers a little-heard voice in contemporary critiques of mass incarceration by investigation how mass incarcerations have occurred within a slew of social movements that have provided steep challenges to state power.
- Rank: #34670 in Books
- Published on: 2014-04-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .36" h x 5.58" w x 8.50" l, .29 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
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