{"product_id":"the-future-we-need-organizing-for-a-better-democracy-in-the-twenty-first-century-hardback-9781501764813","title":"The Future We Need; Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century (Hardback) 9781501764813","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOrganizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErica Smiley (Author), Sarita Gupta (Author), DeMaurice F. Smith (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501764813\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 b\u0026amp;w line drawing, 3 maps - 3 Maps - 11 Halftones, black and white - 1 Line drawings, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta deliver a transformative vision for the future of workers, along with innovative strategies to build an economy that works for everyone. This is essential reading for everyone turning toward state and local work after bouncing off the neoliberal ceiling of the Biden Administration and a divided Congress, and now reeling from the hard right majority Supreme Court and their spate of backward rulings.\u003c\/p\u003e (Social Policy) \u003cp\u003eThis book shows how to begin to think of conditions in society not simply as issues, but as systemically connected parts of a whole.... pick up Smiley and Gupta's book to spark new ideas and perspectives on what is possible—and needed—now for the working class.\u003c\/p\u003e (People's World) \u003cp\u003e[\u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e] functions as an accessible device for individuals working within unjust labor complexes, and in examining the failings of the past, looks forward.\u003c\/p\u003e (WABE) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e reveals for scholars and lay people alike the many ways that we are part of a lineage of working people who dreamed of and fought for a democracy that has real meaning in our daily lives. The authors provide a blueprint for a future in which ordinary people practice democracy every day in all aspects of their lives, a vision that surpasses simply voting but encourages collective governance. I assert that \u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e will be the go-to text for labor educators, organizers, and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e (ILR Review) \u003cp\u003eErica Smiley and Sarita Gupta's new book \u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant and original contribution. What is exciting [about the book] is not so much its familiar litany of organized labor's difficulties as the creativity of the solutions it proposes. Smiley and Gupta's analysis and prescription point the way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e (Dissent Magazine) \u003cp\u003e[Smiley and Gupta] challenge the real powers in the economy on issues that affect not only the workplace but also family and community life.\u003c\/p\u003e (New Labor Forum)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta bring a novel perspective to building worker power and what labor organizing could look like in the future, suggesting ways to evolve collective bargaining to match the needs of modern people—not only changing their wages and working conditions, but being able to govern over more aspects of their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeaving together stories of real working people, Smiley and Gupta position the struggle to build collective bargaining power as a central element in the effort to build a healthy democracy and explore both existing levers of power and new ones we must build for workers to have the ability to negotiate in today and tomorrow's contexts. \u003ci\u003eThe Future We Need\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the necessity of centralizing the fight against white supremacy and gender discrimination, while offering paths forward to harness the power of collective bargaining in every area for a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607872139544,"sku":"9781501764813","price":74.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-future-we-need-organizing-for-a-better-democracy-in-the-twenty-first-century-hardback-9781501764813","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}