Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade
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How the CIA used American unions to undermine workers at home and subvert democracy abroad
Blue-Collar Empire tells the shocking story of the AFL-CIO’s global anticommunist crusade—and its devastating consequences for workers around the world.
Unions have the power not only to secure pay raises and employee benefits but to bring economies to a screeching halt and overthrow governments. Recognizing this, in the late twentieth century, the US government sought to control labor movements abroad as part of the Cold War contest for worldwide supremacy. In this work, Washington found an enthusiastic partner in the AFL-CIO’s anticommunist officials, who, in a shocking betrayal, for decades expended their energies to block revolutionary ideologies and militant class consciousness from taking hold in the workers’ movements of Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Publisher : Verso (September 24, 2024)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 183976905X
ISBN-13 : 978-1839769054
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 6.01 x 0.84 x 9.2 inches
