An Alternative Labour History by Assistant Dario Azzellini

An Alternative Labour History by Assistant Dario Azzellini

A global history of worker control - challenging capital, the state and the trade union leaders.

Dario Azzellini has emerged as arguably the most important contemporary analyst of worker self-managementCasting a critical eye toward non-revolutionary forms of workers' control, Azzellini and the contributors to this volume enrich our understanding while pressing us ever more toward the radical and transformative experiences in workplace management that have become a resurgent hallmark of our moment. * George Ciccariello-Maher, Drexel University *
An Alternative Labour History is a hugely important contribution to that old socialist question: how can ordinary people exercise self-government in the matters that matter most to their daily lives? The essays here update the vision of workers' councils in response to the ecological crisis and to the prospects raised by popular uprisings. Get this book! * Paul Buhle, Brown University, and Founder of Radical America *
Challenging radical fuzziness and conservative dogma, this book is a resource for comprehending the past and conceptualizing the future. * Professor Paul Le Blanc, La Roche College, and author of Work and Struggle and A Freedom Budget for All Americans *
An Alternative Labour History is a must-read for those seeking fresh ways out of the current global morass. Azzellini and his contributors present a real and possible alternative to the twin corporate traps of monopoly capitalism and state socialism. There are lessons here for all who hold tight to the possibility for a future based on equality and social good. * Susan Moir, University of Massachusetts Boston *

Dario Azzellini is assistant professor of sociology at the Johannes Kepler University. His research and writing focuses on social transformation, self-administration, workers’ control, democracy and social movements. Azzellini has published several books, including They Can’t Represent Us (co-authored with Marina Sitrin, 2014), Ours to Master and to Own (co-edited with Immanuel Ness, 2011) and The Business of War (2002). He serves as associate editor for Cuadernos de Marte and is co-founder of workerscontrol.net. He served as associate editor for The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present (2009) and was primary editor for Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean and the new left in Italy. Azzellini is also a documentary filmmaker, co-directing, among other films, Comuna under Construction (2010) and 5 Factories - Workers Control in Venezuela (2007).

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ISBN 13	9781783601547
ISBN 10	178360154X
Title	An Alternative Labour History
Author	Assistant Dario Azzellini
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2015-03-12
Number of pages	360
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