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<p>We the people of the world are creating the conditions for our own self-extermination, whether through the bang of a nuclear holocaust or the whimper of an expiring ecosphere. Today our individual self-preservation depends on common preservation&mdash;cooperation to provide for our mutual survival and well-being.<br></p><p>For half a century Jeremy Brecher has been studying and participating in social movements that have created new forms of common preservation. Through entertaining storytelling and personal narrative, Save the Humans? provides a unique and revealing interpretation of how social movements arise and how they change the world. Brecher traces a path that leads from the sitdown strikes on the pyramids of ancient Egypt through America&rsquo;s mass strikes and labor revolts to the struggle against economic globalization to today&rsquo;s battles against climate change.<br></p><p>Weaving together personal experience, scholarly research, and historical interpretation, Jeremy Brecher shows how we can construct a &ldquo;human survival movement&rdquo; that could &ldquo;save the humans.&rdquo; He sums up the theme of this book: &ldquo;I have seen common preservation&mdash;an

Author

Brecher, Jeremy, author

Publisher

Oakland, CA: PM Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781629637983

Subjects

Social Science, Management, Business