| Edition |
Regular edition (RG). |
| Description |
xxvii, 415 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-399) and index. |
| Contents |
Fighting War and Injustice in the New Millennium -- The Struggle for Justice in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina -- Occupy Opens a New Era -- Standing Up for Each Other -- The Ferguson Uprising, Barack Obama, and the Limits of "Equality" -- "1,459 Days of Resistance" : Resisting Trumpism and the Far Right -- "We Will Not Be Silenced" : #MeToo and the Ongoing Resistance to Trump -- "Our Resistance Must Be Intersectional" -- "The Real Pandemic Here Is Capitalism" -- Abolition and the Uprising for Black Lives -- "Trumpism Can't Be Voted Away" -- The Struggle Continues. |
| Summary |
"In this book, editors Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin, curate voices of resistance and hope from 2000 to the present, inspired by the original Voices of a People's History of the United States. The book features speeches, essays, songs, and documents from Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, indigenous struggles, the environmental movement, disability justice organizers, and frontline workers during the global pandemic who spoke out against the life-threatening conditions of their labor. Gathering 120 documents from across the country and including contributions from Angela Y. Davis, Naomi Klein, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Ayo Tometi, Colin Kaepernick, Walter Mosley, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Amy Goodman, Nick Estes, Linda Sarsour, Marc Lamont Hill, Eve Ensler, Rebecca Solnit, Rev. William Barber and others, this book offers resources of hope for those seeking to understand our recent history so they can better understand how to change it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Sources.
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Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Sources.
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Race relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
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HISTORY / United States / General.
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Minorities -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01023228
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
Arnove, Anthony, 1969- editor.
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Pessin, Haley, editor.
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| Added Title |
Voices of a people's history of the United States in the twenty-first century |
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Documents of hope and resistance |
| ISBN |
9781644212974 (paperback) |
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1644212978 |
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9781644212981 (electronic) |
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