David van Deusen

Insurgent Labor (eBook, ePUB)

The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017-2023

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda.

David Van Deusen charts the rise of the UNITED! ticket to create a progressive and militant labor union. He chronicles the many victories throughout his tenure including expanding union democracy into the rank and file, moving power away from single individuals and into democratic structures, supporting farm workers, supporting Black self-determination, and supporting Black Lives Matter. Van Deusen also managed to include support for the revolutionary efforts in Rojava.

The boldest step undertaken by the Vermont AFL-CIOand marker of years of steady progress in labor organizing and raising of political consciousness in Vermontwas authorizing a call for a general strike throughout Vermont as a possible response to the November coup threat

This book should be of interest to anyone, whether they have merely thought of joining a union or are an old union hand. Most importantly, Insurgent Labor offers a blueprint for militant labor's advances in an era of capitalist polycrisis and offers hope for a brighter future based around equality, justice, and true democracy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PM Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798887440460
• Artikelnr.: 68379266

Autorenporträt

David Van Deusen is a longtime libertarian-socalist thinker, organizer, and militant union leader. He has been President of the Vermont AFL-CIO since 2019 and is part of the progressive United! Slate. He is also a member of Democratic Socialists of America and a past member of Anti-Racist Action and the Green Mountain Anarchist Collective (NEFAC-VT). Van Deusen resides in Northern Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Kim Kelly
Introduction: Working Class Unity, Union Power!
I. Mass Labor Picket: Scott Walker & the VT Republican Party
II. Rock Bottom: The Near Death of VT Labor
III. The United! Campaign: From Ashes Rise
IV. The 2019 Convention: United! Comes To Power
V. From Opposition to Governing
VI. Concerning Elections: Rejecting the Premise of the Democrats & Building
a More Direct Democracy
VII. Black Lives Matter, the Police, and the Politics of Reality
VIII. Aftermath: Residual Challenges, New Elections, & Structure Building
IX. Exporting the Revolution Within Labor: United! In VSEA & NEA
X. Building International Solidarity: Rojava, Palestine, and Cuba
XI. Preparing for The Trump Coup: The General Strike Vote & Anti-Fascism
XII. War Against the Old Guard
Afterwards
Appendix A: Ten Point Program For Union Power: The Little Green Book
Appendix B: Electoral Policy: Building Power Beyond Political Parties
Appendix C: President Van Deusen’s General Strike Speech Convention
Appendix D: The Vermont General Strike Authorization Resolution
Appendix E: Vice President Katie Harris’ May Day 2023 Speech