{"product_id":"fighting-times-9781629639659","title":"Fighting Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeeply personal, astutely political, \u003cem\u003eFighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War\u003c\/em\u003e\n recounts the thirteen-year journey of Jonathan Melrod to harness \nworking-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of\n American Motors.\u003c\/b\u003e Melrod faces termination, dodges the FBI, outwits \ncollaborators in the UAW, and becomes the central figure in a lawsuit \nagainst the labor newsletter \u003cem\u003eFighting Times\u003c\/em\u003e, as he strives to build a class-conscious workers’ movement from the bottom up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA radical to the core, Melrod was a key part of campus insurrection \nat University of Wisconsin–Madison. He left campus for the factory in \n1973, hired along with hundreds of youthful job seekers onto the \nmind-numbing assembly line. \u003cem\u003eFighting Times\u003c\/em\u003e paints a portrait of these rebellious and alienated young hires, many of whom were Black Vietnam vets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContaining dozens of archival photographs, \u003cem\u003eFighting Times\u003c\/em\u003e \ncaptures the journey of a militant antiracist revolutionary who rose to \nthe highest elected ranks of his UAW local without compromising his \npolitics or his dedication to building a class-conscious workers’ \nmovement. The book will arm and inspire a new generation of labor \norganizers with the skills and attitude to challenge the odds and fight \nthe egregious abuses of the exploitative capitalist system.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jon Melrod","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286858281211,"sku":"9781629639659","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781629639659.jpg?v=1772485569","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/fighting-times-9781629639659","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}