PDF-[READ]-No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required Todays progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington DC and capitols throughout the West where they are outmatched and outspent by corporate interests Labor unions now focus on the narrowest possible understanding of the interests of their members and membership continues to decline in lockstep with the narrowing of their goals Meanwhile promising movements like Occupy Wall Streetand Black Lives Matter lack sufficient power to accomplish meaningful change Why do progressives in the United States keep losing on so many issuesIn No Shortcuts Jane McAlevey argues that progressives can win but lack the organized power to enact significant change to outlast their bosses in labor fights and to hold elected leaders accountable Drawing upon her experience as a scholar and longtime organizer in the student environmental and labor movements McAlevey examines cases from labor unions and social movements to pinpoint the factors that helped them succeed or fail to accomplish their intended goals McAlevey makes a compelling case that the great social movements of previous eras gained their power from massorganizing a strategy todays progressives have mostly abandoned in favor of shallow mobilization or advocacy She ultimately concludes that in order to win progressive movements need strong unions built from bottomup organizing strategies that place the power for change in the hands of workersand ordinary people at the community levelBeyond the concrete examples in this book McAleveys arguments have direct implications for anyone involved in organizing for social change Much more than cogent analysis No Shortcuts explains exactly how progressives can go about rebuilding powerful movements at work in our communities and atthe ballot box. Political Machines. The Gilded Age. 1870’s-1900. . Name of a . book written by Mark Twain. and Charles Dudley Warner in . The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. (1873), satirizing what they believed to be an . The. . Gilded Age. This era known as the . Gilded Age. . . A gilded object is made of cheap metal, but coated in a thin layer of gold. . Think of the candy gold coins…. Grrrr. The USA seemed perfect from the outside, but was actually full of many problems.. 6 . Quiz. William Jennings Bryan. Stalwarts and Half-Breeds. Hearst and Pulitzer Circulation War. Populist Party/Populism. Boxer Rebellion. Chapter 19. From stalemate to crisis. My country, ‘is of thee, Once land of liberty, Of thee I sing.. 1865-1914. UNIT VI: “The Gilded Age.”. So, what is it all about?. “The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant political, economic, diplomatic, social, environmental and cultural changes.” . 1877-1900. The Gilded Age. Name comes from the title . of an 1873 Mark Twain . book. Referred to . the “superficial glitter” of the new wealth that developed in the late . 1800s. Dominated by a belief in . tycoons. In the late 19. th. Century the US became the leading industrial power. Many became wealthy beyond belief. With no government regulation and greed workers suffered. What beliefs and policies allowed the unfair business practices?.  . The Gilded Age in America: Successes. : . 1. Displays of wealth and excess among upper class. 2. 2nd industrial revolution. 3. Labor union movements. Gilded Age . But underneath, there were problems. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at . www.boundless.com. Available on the Boundless Teaching Platform. Using Boundless Presentations. The Appendix. The appendix is for you to use to add depth and breadth to your lectures. You can simply drag and drop slides from the appendix into the main presentation to make for a richer lecture experience.. American author . Mark Twain. To “gild” something is to lay a thin layer of gold. over some rougher/cheaper base material. Gilded Age. Refers to the period after the Civil War through 1900. Period of great economic and population growth. Gilded Age. :. A sarcastic name given to the . three-decade-long post-Civil era. by Mark Twain in 1873. Every. presidential . election. was . close. The . majority. party in the House . switched 6 times . Lecture 5. Hartmut Kaiser. hkaiser@cct.lsu.edu. http://www.cct.lsu.edu/˜. hkaiser. /spring_2015/csc1254.html. Abstract. We will discuss functions as the main means of organizing computation. We rework the student grades example to be . Part 1. Manifest Destiny. Following the Civil War, the notion of Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States should extend to the Pacific because God willed it, again became a popular idea.. American now controlled the land, now it was time to settle it.. August 18, 2015. Allegra Stout. astout@bostoncil.org, 617-338-6665. Community Organizer, . Boston Center for Independent Living. Example:. Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities in Massachusetts. Section 6.3 (230-232) . The Spirit of the Gilded Age. The . Rossers. Today’s Agenda. September 21, 2015. Collect “letter home” paragraph. Reminder: HIPE (Essay or Presentation) due in 1 week. Put finished slide show in my Inbox by Monday morning.