Blue-Collar Empire : The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
183976905X
ISBN-13
9781839769054
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 24th, 2024
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
386 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.30 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
The Cold WarSociology: work & labourEspionage & secret servicesLabour economicsTrade unions
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How the CIA used American unions to undermine workers at home and subvert democracy abroad
<i>Blue-Collar Empire</i> tells the shocking story of the AFL-CIO’s global anticommunist crusade—and its devastating consequences for workers around the world.<br><br>Unions have the power not only to secure pay raises and employee benefits but to bring economies to a screeching halt and overthrow governments. Recognizing this, in the late twentieth century, the US government sought to control labor movements abroad as part of the Cold War contest for worldwide supremacy. In this work, Washington found an enthusiastic partner in the AFL-CIO’s anticommunist officials, who, in a shocking betrayal, for decades expended their energies to block revolutionary ideologies and militant class consciousness from taking hold in the workers’ movements of Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
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