Students Against Sweatshops: The Making of a Movement

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2002
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United Students Against Sweatshops heads a wave of anti-sweatshop organizing that has reached over one hundred American college campuses in the past four years. From the Northeast to the Southwest, public and private, large and small universities, their campaigns have wreaked havoc on the corporate campus and ruffled multinational companies whose profits depend on young consumers; they have also led to a more broadly based engagement with issues of social justice and provide a potential model for transnational student/worker solidarity.

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United Students Against Sweatshops heads a wave of anti-sweatshop organizing that has reached over one hundred American college campuses in the past four years. From the Northeast to the Southwest, public and private, large and small universities, their campaigns have wreaked havoc on the corporate campus and ruffled multinational companies whose profits depend on young consumers; they have also led to a more broadly based engagement with issues of social justice and provide a potential model for transnational student/worker solidarity.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 24 May 2002
ISBN 10: 1859843026
ISBN 13: 9781859843024

Media Reviews

Everybody wants to make a living wage. Everybody wants to be able to take care of themselves and their family, everybody wants to retire and feel good, enjoy life, breathe. Live. Eat. - Sheri Davis, Ohio State University Campus activism lives! This inspiring and lucid account of the work of United Students against Sweatshops proves it. Blending commitment and analysis, Featherstone tells us why USAS is about much more than caps and t-shirts -- it's about worker's rights, women's rights, challenging the corporatization of the university, and establishing a fair world order. - Katha Pollitt As vividly as any documentary film, Students Against Sweatshops captures the gusto and political savvy of a student movement that has made its impact in every corner of the global economy. Nor does this indispensable book pull any punches; its bold commentary will hit home where it needs to be heard. - Andrew Ross Here are the inspiring voices of our democracy - young people daring to question authority and confront power. These are the Thomas Paines, Sojourner Truths, Fredrick Douglasses and Mother Joneses of our times. America needs them more than ever. - Jim Hightower An inspiring story of how students are making history today. - Tom Hayden

Author Bio

Liza Featherstone is a New York City journalist who has written extensively about student and youth organizing. She is a frequent contributor to the Nation, Newsday and the Washington Post.