{"product_id":"9781931859233","title":"Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorkers in the United States have a rich tradition of fighting back and achieving gains previously thought unthinkable, from the weekend, to health care, to the right to even form a union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in 2005, the number of workers organized in unions reached a 100-year low in both the public and private sectors, even though more and more people would like the protection of a union, and real wages for most workers have stagnated or declined since the early 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith explores how the connection between the US labor movement and the Democratic Party, with its extensive corporate ties, has repeatedly held back working-class struggles. And she closely examines the role of the labor movement in the 2004 presidential election, tracing the shrinking electoral influence of organized labor and the failure of labor-management cooperation, “business unionism,” and reliance on the Democrats to deliver any real gains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith shows how a return to the fighting traditions of US labor history, with their emphasis on rank-and-file strategies for change, can turn around the labor movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubterranean Fire\u003c\/i\u003e brings working-class history to light and reveals its lessons for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Haymarket Books, as well as many articles on women’s liberation and the US working class. Her writings appear regularly in \u003ci\u003eSocialist Worker\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper and the \u003ci\u003eInternational Socialist Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written for the journal \u003ci\u003eHistorical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e and is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eIraq Under Siege :The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e by Ethel Mannin. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039615271152,"sku":"9781931859233","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931859233_p0.jpg?v=1763638422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931859233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}