By David Swanson
warisacrime.org
May 15th, 2014
Jeremy Brecher has released a revised, expanded, and updated edition of his 40-year-old book, Strike,
that includes the origins of these fast-food worker strikes and puts
them in the context of a history of the strike in the United States
dating back to 1877. This opening passage of Chapter 1 sets the context
beautifully:
“In the centers of many American cities are
positioned huge armories, grim nineteenth-century edifices of brick or
stone. They are fortresses complete with massive walls and loopholes for
guns. You may have wondered why they are there, but it has probably
never occurred to you that they were built to protect America not
against invasion from abroad but against popular revolt at home.”
