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friends2lovers's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness
frances_see's review against another edition
Would like to read other stuff first.
nb_leftist's review against another edition
5.0
Jane McAlevey brings the readers a engaging explanation of the failures of new labor. Explaining in detail the damages Saul Alinsky has had on all organizing from unions to civil rights organizations, McAlevey makes an inarguably true case for grassroots organization no matter the end goal.
No Shortcuts, a book about the strengths of relying on the workers during a unionization movement, branches across the gaps between labor organizing and a strengthening resurgence in activism explaining the shortcomings of different types of organization models. It rings even truer today with the unionization of Amazon and Starbucks by worker led movements.
I cannot explain how integral this book must become for the people to take the power back.
It is essential.
No Shortcuts, a book about the strengths of relying on the workers during a unionization movement, branches across the gaps between labor organizing and a strengthening resurgence in activism explaining the shortcomings of different types of organization models. It rings even truer today with the unionization of Amazon and Starbucks by worker led movements.
I cannot explain how integral this book must become for the people to take the power back.
It is essential.
mothgoth's review against another edition
4.0
I read this with a reading group formed by some members of my union! So that was pretty cool. A lot of this book was a little repetitive and sometimes dry, but made some really good points and arguments. Workers need to understand our power and form solidarity amongst ourselves, and there were some great examples of workers doing just that. Employers have a lot of interest in anti-union propaganda and trying to get us to trust in elites and not understand our own capabilities. This book expressed how through union and community building we can combat that for better wages, benefits and safer work. Unions aren't perfect and neither is union leadership, but it's something that can always be improved on.
deborama's review against another edition
4.0
She tells a great story and it's got a lot of good lessons for organizers of all types. It doesn't quite deliver on the claim that union organizing strategies have application to social movement organizing. That may be true, but there are no direct examples in the book, really. Even if it weren't a great how-to manual, though, it also works as recent and relevant history. My socialist local chapter (DSA) had a book discussion group around this book today and a lot of good ideas came up.
lucasmiller's review against another edition
4.0
Purchased after listening to the author be interviewed by Pete Davis on the Current Affairs podcast. It felt right to balance all of the MBA program leadership jargon books I'm reading with books about organizing.
The world of the labor movement feel foreign to me. But this book is accessible, if academic at times. You can feel the authors more conversational writing style bursting through the literature review. I think the introduction and first two chapters will prove invaluable in building a leadership education program.
The rest of the book was a very worthwhile read to understand more about current tensions within the labor movement, learn that major labor victories have been won in the 21st century, and hear a powerful program for building more power among poor people. recommended.
The world of the labor movement feel foreign to me. But this book is accessible, if academic at times. You can feel the authors more conversational writing style bursting through the literature review. I think the introduction and first two chapters will prove invaluable in building a leadership education program.
The rest of the book was a very worthwhile read to understand more about current tensions within the labor movement, learn that major labor victories have been won in the 21st century, and hear a powerful program for building more power among poor people. recommended.