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Largely due to its conservative profile at the time, the U.S. labour movement was largely absent from modern social movement literature as it developed in response to the new social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Recent labour mobilizations such as the Wisconsin uprising and the Chicago Teachers' strike have been part of the current international cycle of protest that includes the Arab Spring, the antiausterity movements in Greece and Spain, and Occupy Wall Street. These struggles suggest that a new labour movement is emerging that shares many common features with new social movements. This article offers a general analysis of these and other contemporary labour struggles in light of contemporary modern social movement literature. It also critically reviews assumptions about the labour movement of the 1960s and 1970s and reexamines several social movement concepts.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Antislavery Movement -- Introduction -- Antislavery Movement, 1700s-1830s -- Antislavery Movement, 1830s-1840s -- Antislavery Movement, 1840s-1850s -- Antislavery Movement, 1860-1865 -- Abolition: Humanitarian and Revolutionary Ideas -- Moderate, Radical, and Militant Abolition -- Frederick Douglass and Antislavery -- Free Blacks: Foundations of Polities -- Antislavery Resistance: An Overview -- North-South Reactions to Antislavery -- 2. Civil Rights Movement -- Introduction -- Civil Rights Movement, 1865-1910 -- Movement to Abolish Convict Labor -- Anti-Lynching Movement -- Civil Rights Movement, 1910-1930 -- Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association Movement -- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- Civil Rights Movement, 1930-1953 -- Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1970 -- Nonviolent Direct Action -- Congress of Racial Equality -- Civil Rights Movement, 1970-1990 -- Racial Violence and the Civil Rights Movement -- Black Nationalism and the Civil Rights Movement -- Anti-Apartheid Movement -- Civil Rights Movement, 1990-2000 -- Civil Rights Movement, Twenty-First Century -- 3. Women's Movement -- Introduction -- Women's Social Movement, 1800-1869 -- Moral and Dress Reform Movement, 1800-1869 -- Matilda Joslyn Gage and Woman Suffrage History -- Popular Health Movement -- Women's Cooperative Housekeeping Movement -- Woman Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920 -- Women's Movement and Social Activism, 1865-1920 -- African-American Women's Movement, 1865-1920s -- Women and the Progressive Movement -- Women and the Anti-Imperialist Movement -- Working Women's Movement, Early Twentieth Century -- Birth Control Movement -- Women's Movement, 1920-1960 -- Equal Rights Amendment -- Abortion Rights Movement.

Social movements are examined as precursors of political change & social transformation in Latin America. Here, movements of the 1960s & 1970s are summarized. Such movements cut across social class structure, with leadership not fixed in a certain personality, & the ruling classes responded with state terror. This response only temporarily quelled the movements: structural factors, eg, a decline in the standard of living & continued elite class-state ties, led to a resurgence of social movements in Latin America in the 1980s. These movements challenge the ruling military-civilian class, & seek to quicken the democratization process in Latin America. The origins of such movements & major actions are described. A. Cole

Occupying Space in American Literature and Culture seeks to furnish contemporary American with the conceptual spatial paradigms described by the great theorists of the social structures of the everyday, Henri Lefebvre and Michel De Certeau. It does this with an eye on Jacques Ranciere's more recent conclusion that politics is "best understood" in spatial and relational parameters, because "everything in politics turns on the distribution of space. What are these places? How do they function?," and crucially for this volume, "Who can occupy them?"[p.5] These continental cornerstones are augmented by the work of British theorist Doreen Massey, from whom Manzanas and Benito borrow a formal analysis of dynamic spatial relations for a social geography of "the other" that is thoroughly narratological.

Introduction: race, resistance, and the civil sphere -- Re-envisioning the Black power movement -- The rise of the Black power professional -- "A nice social tea party": the rocky relationship between social work and Black liberation -- "We stand before you, not as a separatist body": the techni-culture movement to gain voice in the National Federation of Settlements -- "We'll build our own thing": the exit strategy of the National Association of Black Social Workers -- Exit and voice in intra-organizational social movements -- Conclusion: institutionalizing black power.

This article explains the construction of panethnicity through the detailed examples of Asian Pacific American ethnic groups & the similar hardships they have endured, thus, bringing them together in their common struggle for social & political equality. It concentrates on two specific groups: the South Asians (citing the New York City Cab Strike of 1998 as an example of grassroots efforts) & the Filipino Americans & their opposition to the Marcos regime. In addition, it provides an overview of the efforts, past & present, to preserve ethnic enclaves (eg, Boston's Chinatown). It is concluded that an ever-expanding & diverse Asian Pacific American population has & will continue to join together to achieve their goals & protect their interests. 51 References. M. D. Cowder

This article explores social movement theory and attempts to modernize and explain contemporary movements with consideration of the digital tools being utilized by citizens on the ground. The ability to transcend borders and traditional boundaries using digital media, to facilitate international participation and develop communication, and the dissemination of information and coordination among activist networks around the world is hugely important. This article asserts that modern contentious collective actions and contemporary movements have received an infusion of autonomy and grassroots energy fueled by digital technologies, and social networking platforms.

An introduction to a special issue on, "Latin America: Democracy, Globalization, & Protest Culture," points out changes that have occurred in both Latin American movements & how they are analyzed. It is noted that the 1980s presented fertile ground for the study of Latin American social movements & political change. Revolutions to overthrow dictatorships, coupled with the emergence of urban, women's, & indigenous movements, were interpreted through the lens of New Social Movement (NSM) theory. The articles in this issue emphasize the usefulness of older models but also highlight such new theoretical tools as Diane David & Christina Rosan's "power of distance model" & Elizabeth Borland's extension of the political opportunity approach. Other issues discussed include new strategies of opposition in national/transnational struggles; the extensive influence of the global economy; & local manifestations/responses to globalization. It is noted that protests responding to multiple injustices are increasingly integrated with the global economy & there is a growing overlap in claims for justice. Suggestions are made for future research topics. 32 References. J. Lindroth

During the 1970s and beyond, political causes both left and right-the gay rights movement, second-wave feminism, the protests against busing to desegregate schools, the tax revolt, and the anti-abortion struggle-drew inspiration from the protest movements of the 1960s. Indeed, in their enthusiasm for direct-action tactics, their use of street theater, and their engagement in grassroots organizing, activists in all these movements can be considered "children of the Sixties." Invocations of America's founding ideals of liberty and justice and other forms of patriotic protest have also featured prominently in the rhetoric and image of these movements. Appeals to the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights have been made forcefully by gay rights activists and feminists, for instance, while participants in the antibusing movement, the tax revolt, and the campaign against abortion rights have waved the American flag and claimed the support of the nation's founders. In tracing the continuation of quintessentially "Sixties" forms of protest and ideas into the last three decades of the twentieth century, and in emphasizing their legacy for conservatives as well as those on the left, "American Patriotism, American Protest" shows that the activism of the civil rights, New Left, and anti-Vietnam War movements has shaped America's modern political culture in decisive ways. As well as providing a refreshing alternative to the "rise and fall" narrative through which the Sixties are often viewed, Simon Hall's focus on the shared commitment to patriotic protest among a diverse range of activists from across the political spectrum also challenges claims that, in recent decades, patriotism has become the preserve of the political right. -- Book jacket