The New Left and Labor in 1960s
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| Title: | The New Left and Labor in 1960s |
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| Description: | It is a powerful story: the relationship between the 1960s New Left and organized labor was summed up by hardhats confronting students and others over US involvement in Vietnam. But the real story goes beyond the'Love It or Leave It'signs and melees involving blue-collar types attacking protesters. Peter B. Levy challenges these images by exploring the complex relationship between the two groups. Early in the 1960s, the New Left and labor had cooperated to fight for civil rights and anti-poverty programs. But diverging opinions on the Vietnam War created a schism that divided these one-time allies. Levy shows how the war, combined with the emergence of the black power movement and the blossoming of the counterculture, drove a permanent wedge between the two sides and produced the polarization that remains to this day. |
| Authors: | Peter B. Levy |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | New Left--United States, Labor unions--Political activity--United State, Working class--Political activity--United Stat |
| Categories: | HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | It is a powerful story: the relationship between the 1960s New Left and organized labor was summed up by hardhats confronting students and others over US involvement in Vietnam. But the real story goes beyond the'Love It or Leave It'signs and melees involving blue-collar types attacking protesters. Peter B. Levy challenges these images by exploring the complex relationship between the two groups. Early in the 1960s, the New Left and labor had cooperated to fight for civil rights and anti-poverty programs. But diverging opinions on the Vietnam War created a schism that divided these one-time allies. Levy shows how the war, combined with the emergence of the black power movement and the blossoming of the counterculture, drove a permanent wedge between the two sides and produced the polarization that remains to this day. |
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| ISBN: | 9780252020742 9780252063671 9780252047374 |
