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Scenes from the Front Lines: 40 Years of in These Times
Scenes from the Front Lines: 40 Years of in These TimesFrances Fox Piven
In These Times
THE BIG AND VICTORIOUS MOVEMENTS OF OUR HISTORY HAVE DONE MORE THAN COMMUNICATE. They have mobilized the most fundamental source of power of ordinary people: the power to refuse to cooperate with the institutionalized routines upon which social life depends. If factory workers walk out, the factory comes to a halt; but if nannies stay home, so do the parents whose children they mind; if urbanites block highways, traffic stops; if debtors refuse, lenders are at risk—and so is a financial system anchored to massive debt.
More pictures at the link. Kinda puts it in perspective. The struggle continues.
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