Three Strikes

Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers Mother Jones and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the 'counter girls' at the Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression. Robin D. G. Kelley's story of a movie theater musicians' strike in New York asks what defines work in times of changing technology.'Three Strikes brings to life the heroic men and women who put their jobs bodies and lives on the line to win a better life for all working Americans. Zinn Frank and Kelley show us that while the country and the union movement have changed greatly in the last hundred years our struggle to close the divide between rich and poor remains the same.'-John Sweeney president AFL-CIO'Provocative analysis of still relevant issues as the passionate sometimes violent demonstrations at international meetings of the global economy demonstrate.'-Mary Carroll Booklist'Highly readable well-researched narratives of dramatic action'-Leon Fink Chicago TribuneHoward Zinn is a teacher historian and social activist and the author of many books including the best-selling A People's History of the United States and You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon / 7127-7 / $13.00 pb). He lives near Boston. Dana Frank professor of American studies at the University of California Santa Cruz is author of the awardwinning Buy American (Beacon / 4711-2 / $17.50 pb). Robin D. G. Kelley professor of history at New York University is author of Race Rebels Yo' Mama's Disfunktional! (Beacon / 0941-5 / $14.00 pb) and Freedom Dreams (Beacon / 0976-8 / $24.00 cl).