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Assesses the accomplishments of a strike in Appalachian TN as the threatened closing of the Acme Boot Co plant presented an economic crisis for the town residents. The 1993 closing of the Acme plant, the capital flight of a profitable enterprise, devastated the community. The rural workers mobilized with the help of other unions, national leadership, & other labor leaders to fight capital mobility, & although they did not save the plant, they did expose & stop a corporate tax loophole that saved Americans millions of dollars & educated the community regarding globalization, political practice, trade, & tax policy. They also revealed the powerful forces against small union efforts -- the willingness of corporations to spend heavily in combating resistance, & the unwillingness of political leaders to defend workers & the unemployed. The grassroots effort operated from an internationalist, antiracist political subjectivity that helped the coalition to work on issues of economic development policy, free-trade politics, & global poverty. L. A. Hoffman

Assesses the accomplishments of a strike in Appalachian TN as the threatened closing of the Acme Boot Co plant presented an economic crisis for the town residents. The 1993 closing of the Acme plant, the capital flight of a profitable enterprise, devastated the community. The rural workers mobilized with the help of other unions, national leadership, & other labor leaders to fight capital mobility, & although they did not save the plant, they did expose & stop a corporate tax loophole that saved Americans millions of dollars & educated the community regarding globalization, political practice, trade, & tax policy. They also revealed the powerful forces against small union efforts -- the willingness of corporations to spend heavily in combating resistance, & the unwillingness of political leaders to defend workers & the unemployed. The grassroots effort operated from an internationalist, antiracist political subjectivity that helped the coalition to work on issues of economic development policy, free-trade politics, & global poverty. L. A. Hoffman