{"product_id":"from-the-free-speech-movement-to-the-factory-floor-a-collective-history-of-the-international-socialists-paperback","title":"From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor: A Collective History of the International Socialists - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Stone Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor \u003c\/em\u003edocuments the overlooked history and lasting influence of the International Socialists through the words of its members.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe International Socialist Club, founded at UC Berkeley in 1964 as a radical civil rights group, lit the spark of the Free Speech Movement that same year, and its members and successor organizations would go on to play an outsized role in shaping the course of both the Black freedom struggle and the rank-and-file labor insurgency of the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing their success in the Bay Area, the ISC launched chapters across the country, and in 1969 became the International Socialists, with much of its growing membership relocating to the Midwest to take industrial jobs in the auto, steel, communications, and trucking industries. In their final years, among other important efforts, the IS created a majority-Black youth group known as the Red Tide, founded the seminal publication Labor Notes, and helped create Teamsters for a Democratic Union.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor\u003c\/em\u003e includes twenty-six original reflections by leading members--including renowned scholar-activists Nelson Lichtenstein and Nancy Holmstrom--offering invaluable insights into this influential but little-known organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew S. Higgins\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eHigher Education for All: Racial Inequality, Cold War Liberalism, and the California Master Plan\u003c\/em\u003e, called \"required reading for understanding the complex politics of race and higher education\" by Daniel Martinez HoSang. He earned his PhD in U.S. history from the University of California at Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52080058073389,"sku":"9798888904664","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/from-the-free-speech-movement-to-the-factory-floor-a-collective-history-of-the-international-socialists-paperback-8099255.webp?v=1780163716","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/from-the-free-speech-movement-to-the-factory-floor-a-collective-history-of-the-international-socialists-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}