John Steinbeck’s In Dubious Battle, about a strike by fruit pickers in California and the difficulties of organizing, is controversial, says labor educator and author Stanley Aronowitz, because it “does not glorify the decisions the organizer makes to win.” It's a must-read for any strike organizers sitting around fantasizing about what might rescue them from impending defeat.” Longtime CWA organizer Steve Early recommends The Ink Truck, by ex-journalist William Kennedy, a “comic novel about a flailing and failing newspaper strike. Since fiction is built on conflict, it makes sense that some powerful novels center on strikes. For some of us, novels even helped start us down our paths of activism.īut- which novels? A survey of a handful of labor activists and educators revealed their favorite class-conscious novels. When we're not reading Labor Notes, many activists rely on fiction for inspiration, new perspectives, and, of course, entertainment.
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