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Revolt On Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis
“I think they’re absolutely right... what’s happening to them is reflective of what’s happening across this economy.”
--President Barack Obama on the workers at Republic Windows & Doors
December 5, 2008: It wasn’t supposed to work like this. Days after getting a $45 billion bailout from the U.S. government, Bank of America shut down a line of credit that kept Chicago’s Repub...more
--President Barack Obama on the workers at Republic Windows & Doors
December 5, 2008: It wasn’t supposed to work like this. Days after getting a $45 billion bailout from the U.S. government, Bank of America shut down a line of credit that kept Chicago’s Repub...more
Paperback, 173 pages
Published
June 30th 2009
by Melville House
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Kari Lydersen is one of the best young journalists writing today. I’ve had the pleasure to work with her and know that she has the rare quality of really being able to integrate herself in the communities she’s covering, with the utmost respect and a keen ability to listen. Her work is important because it is always in the service of those whose stories she’s telling. For a recent example of her work, check out the Chicago Reporter story on the pollution of rail yards:
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/index.php......more
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Revolt on Goose Island is a blow by blow account of the occupation at the Republic Windows factory in December 2008, when the US economy rapidly collapsed and workers were being thrown out of their jobs by the hundreds of thousands. When the workers at the factory were told that they were being left without a job suddenly and without any notice, they said, "Enough is enough" and fought for at least some severance money.
Lydersen does a pretty good job of bringing the story ...more
Lydersen does a pretty good job of bringing the story ...more
Hundreds of workers watched machinery slowly be moved out of their factory only to be transported to secret locations with no idea as to how long they'd continue to have their jobs. The culminating event? A factory occupation. This occupation demanded hard-earned severance and well-deserved respect for the local Chicago laborers from the greedy ownership of the Republic Window & Doors factory (which gave only a few days notice of the shutdown). This occupation and its success is inspiring and al...more
This is a great succinct story about workers illegally occupying a factory to demand their rights from slimy employers who were trying to sneak out the companies resources under the cover of darkness. It details the political efforts and sacrifices the movement made to get their demands met.
A "direct action gets the goods" success story that also indicates dreams of a "green" manufacturing change over may be delivering on their promise. Lydersen's book doubles as a profile of immigrant labor militancy and Chicago local history.
This book is an interesting experiment-culled from a series of liveblogs written by Kari Lydersen. It's a glimpse into a very different Occupy. It reminds me a lot of Zinn's New Abolitionists.
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