{"product_id":"struggle-within-prisons-political-prisoners-and-mass-movements-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuth Wilson Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDream Hampton\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Struggle Within\u003c\/em\u003e is an accessible yet wide-ranging historical primer about how mass imprisonment has been a tool of repression deployed against diverse left-wing social movements over the last fifty years. Berger examines some of the most dynamic social movements across half a century: black liberation, Puerto Rican independence, Native American sovereignty, Chicano radicalism, white antiracist and working-class mobilizations, pacifist and antinuclear campaigns, and earth liberation and animal rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBerger's encyclopedic knowledge of American social movements provides a rich comparative history of numerous social movements that continue to shape contemporary politics. The book also offers a little-heard voice in contemporary critiques of mass incarceration. Rather than seeing the issue of America's prison growth as stemming solely from the war on drugs, Berger locates mass incarceration within a slew of social movements that have provided steep challenges to state power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Berger\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington-Bothell. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Young Activists\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOutlaws of America\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writings on race, prisons, media, and American social movements have appeared various journals. He is the cofounder of Decarcerate PA, an organization that works to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania. He lives in Seattle. \u003cb\u003eRuth Wilson Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of geography at the CUNY Graduate Center at City University of New York. She is a member of the founding collective of Critical Resistance, one of the most important national antiprison organizations in the United States. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Lora Romero First Book Award by the American Studies Association. She lives in New York City. \u003cb\u003edream hampton\u003c\/b\u003e has written about music, culture, and politics for 20 years. Her articles and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and a dozen anthologies. She lives in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770838548768,"sku":"9781604869552","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9cb255c8ba485da13240b4aadbdefde.webp?v=1780379185","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/struggle-within-prisons-political-prisoners-and-mass-movements-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}