Teamsters and Turtles? U.S. Progressive Political Movements in the 21st Century

by Berg, John C.; Davis, Frank L.; Haussman, Melissa; Hayduk, Ronald; Kelly, Christine; Lefkowitz, Joel; Ness, Immanuel; Olson, Laura Katz; Pfeiffer, David; Sarkees, Meredith Reid; Shepard, Benjamin Heim; Simmons, James R.; Simmons, Solon J.; Welch, Claude E

• ISBN13: 9780742501911
• ISBN10: 0742501914
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

After decades of single issue movements and identity politics on the U.S. left, the series of large demonstrations beginning in 1999 in Seattle have led many to wonder if activist politics can now come together around a common theme of global justice. This book pursues the prospects for progressive political movements in the 21st century with case studies of ten representative movements, including the anti-globalization forces, environmental interest groups, and new takes on the peace movement.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(16)
John C. Berg
From Anti-Globalization to Global Justice: A Twenty-First-Century Movement	17	(36)
Ronald Hayduk
Part I: Movements Based on Material Needs
Unions and American Workers: Whither the Labor Movement?	53	(12)
Immanuel Ness
Mass-Membership Senior Interest Groups and the Politics of Aging	65	(18)
Laura Katz Olson
Frank L. Davis
Radical and Pragmatic: United Students against Sweatshops	83	(18)
Christine Kelly
Joel Lefkowitz
Part II: Movements Based on Postmaterialist Identities
From Women's Survival to New Directions: WAND and Anti-Militarism	101	(32)
Melissa Haussman
The AIDS Colation to Unleash Power: A Brief Reconsideration	133	(26)
Benjamin Shepard
The Disability Movement: Ubiquitous but Unknown	159	(28)
David Pfeiffer
Part III: Altruistic Movements
Growing Green: Can It Happen Here?	187	(24)
James R. Simmons
Solon J. Simmons
Human Rights Watch: American Liberal Values in the Global Arena	211	(18)
Claude E. Welch, Jr.
The Peace Movement: Voices in the Wilderness	229	(36)
Meredith Reid Sarkees
Index	265	(16)
About the Contributors	281