{"product_id":"fighting-times-organizing-on-the-front-lines-of-the-class-war-9781629639659","title":"Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeeply personal, astutely political, \u003cem\u003eFighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e recounts the thirteen-year journey of Jonathan Melrod to harness \u003cbr\u003eworking-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of\u003cbr\u003e American Motors.\u003c\/b\u003e Melrod faces termination, dodges the FBI, outwits \u003cbr\u003ecollaborators in the UAW, and becomes the central figure in a lawsuit \u003cbr\u003eagainst the labor newsletter \u003cem\u003eFighting Times\u003c\/em\u003e, as he strives to build a class-conscious workers' movement from the bottom up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA radical to the core, Melrod was a key part of campus insurrection \u003cbr\u003eat University of Wisconsin-Madison. He left campus for the factory in \u003cbr\u003e1973, hired along with hundreds of youthful job seekers onto the \u003cbr\u003emind-numbing assembly line. \u003cem\u003eFighting Times\u003c\/em\u003e paints a portrait of these rebellious and alienated young hires, many of whom were Black Vietnam vets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContaining dozens of archival photographs, \u003cem\u003eFighting Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003ecaptures the journey of a militant antiracist revolutionary who rose to \u003cbr\u003ethe highest elected ranks of his UAW local without compromising his \u003cbr\u003epolitics or his dedication to building a class-conscious workers' \u003cbr\u003emovement. The book will arm and inspire a new generation of labor \u003cbr\u003eorganizers with the skills and attitude to challenge the odds and fight \u003cbr\u003ethe egregious abuses of the exploitative capitalist system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15211414\"\u003eJon Melrod\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629639659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629639656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO032000\"\u003eSocial Activists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL013000\"\u003eLabor \u0026amp; Industrial Relations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44485862490349,"sku":"9781629639659","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a5e4e8f1-a5a2-4157-be8c-288f1c7c557a.jpg?v=1700809138","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/fighting-times-organizing-on-the-front-lines-of-the-class-war-9781629639659","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}