Act 10 (WI), and union rights, 99–103
activism. See movements; protests
Agenda to Build Black Futures, 157
Agnew, Phillip (now umi selah), 134, 135, 154
Albany (New York), activism and protests, 185
Aldridge, Rasheen, 220–221, 235, 242, 244–246
American Bankers Association, 33
American International Group (AIG), 15, 16–17
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), 20
Andrews, Sam, 224–225, 228, 236
angry people and protests/activism, 3–7, 25, 277–279
anti-LGBT bills, 170
anticommunism and red-baiting, 194–195, 198–202
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), 196
Atlanta (Georgia), foreclosures, 45–47, 50, 52
Atwater, Lee, 146
austeritarianism, 110–111, 112, 124
austerity
and Chicago schools, 119–124, 127
and natural disasters, 254
personal experiences, 99–102, 104–106
and protests, 112
strike of 2012 by Chicago teachers, 118
2008 financial crisis, 110
and union rights, 99–108, 110–111
and US politics, 109–110, 111–112
auto industry bailout, 20
bailouts
banks, 14, 15–16, 17–18, 19, 46
nonfinancial sector, 20
Baker, Ella, 10
Baltimore, 149
Bank of America, 13, 14–15, 46, 50
banks
anger at and protests, 32–34
bailout, 14, 15–16, 17–18, 19, 46
mortgage fraud, 54–56
and 2008 financial crisis, 18, 19–20, 22
See also financial sector
Barber, The Rev. William J. II
advocacy and People’s Assemblies, 160–161, 166–167, 183, 187
civil disobedience and arrest, 162, 164–165
on faith and sexual issues, 171–172
Barlow, Lonnie, 270
Bartley, Aaron, 270
Bashiri, Shabnam, 46–47, 48, 49, 51, 56, 282
Baum, Gordon, 138
Bentonville (Arkansas) Home Office, 73, 93, 94–98
Black Panthers and raid, 174, 229–230, 231
black people
activism and protests, 133–136, 150–158
civil rights movement, 144–145
and court system, 234–235
discrimination in labor and unions, 143–144
and economy, 131, 137, 138, 145–146
homeownership, 57
homes and wealth, 146–150
and police, 132–134, 156, 232–237
racism towards, 134–136, 139–140, 146–150
and redlined neighborhoods, 147
segregation, 235–236
shootings of, 133, 140, 147–148, 149, 156
2008 financial crisis, 146–148
unemployment, 148
voting, 168–169
and white supremacy, 143, 156–157, 246
Blackstone Group, 56
Bloomberg, Michael, 35, 44, 252
Bloombergville protest, 34–35
Boeing company and workers, 189–190
Bologna, Anthony, 215
borders, militarization, 227
Bridges, “Red Harry,” 199–200
“broken windows” theory, 232–233
Brown, Michael, Jr., 186, 220–222, 238
Brown, Pam, 62–63
Bryan, William Jennings, 172
Burrus, Desean, 251
Bush Administration, 19, 22–23
C. J.’s Seafood, 87
capitalism
alternative to, 193–194, 195, 197
and climate, 263–264, 265–266, 267
and Democrats, 212
environment and extractive industries, 260–261
and Occupy Wall Street, 42
and socialism, 190, 195, 196–197, 212
and Tea Party, 25–26
and 2008 financial crisis, 22, 195
car wash workers, 203
carbon trading and markets, 264
Carruthers, Charlene, 150, 155, 157
Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE), 120–121
Chambers, Sarah, 127–128
change
and action, 283–284
demands and vision of activism and protests, 280–283
and Ferguson events, 244–247
and human-made disasters, 258–259
impact of Superstorm Sandy, 255–257
and labor unions, 120–121
and movements, 286–287
in people, 249–250
and US politics, 210–211
Charleston (South Carolina) shooting, 140–141, 184
Chicago
election of 2015, 124–127
labor organization, 204
police practices, 228
Chicago schools and teachers
problems and reforms, 119–125
strikes of 2012 and 2016, 118–119, 122–124, 127–128
Chicago Teachers Union, 118–119, 121–124, 127–128
Chopp, Frank, 191
Chow, Toby, 186
Church, Brian Jacob, 228
Citizens’ Councils, 137
civil rights movement, 144–145, 173, 180–181
Clarke, Angelica, 185
See also middle class, working class
climate and climate change
activism and protests, 266, 268–270
and capitalism, 263–264, 265–266, 267
deniers, 265–266
link to economy, 266–267
responsibility for, 267
solutions to, 265–266, 267–268
and 2008 financial crisis, 264
climate debt, 267
Clinton, Bill, 80–81, 138, 263
Clinton, Mary, 34–35, 36, 38–42, 226–227
coal mining and burning, 260–261
collective bargaining, 100–101, 105, 110–111, 115, 117
colleges. See education
Common Ground Collective, 258
communism and red-baiting, 194–195, 198–202
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), 147, 149
computerized scheduling, 79–80
Confederate flag and monuments, 141, 145, 184
consensus, at Occupy, 43
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 52, 68
Cooper-Suggs, Malcolm, 208–209, 241
Corinthian Colleges, 66–67, 68–69
Cottom, Tressie McMillan, 62, 69, 70
Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), 130, 137, 140–141
Countrywide Mortgage, 54–55
court system, and black people, 234–235
Crenshaw, Kimberlé, 8
Crockford, Kade, 226, 227, 228, 240
Cuomo, Andrew, 208, 210, 272–273
Dannenbring, Dawn, 273–274
Davis, Angela, 229–230
Davis, Malaya, 153–154, 155–156, 157
Davis, Troy, 131
Dayen, David, 52–53
Debs, Eugene V., 198
debt, 19, 21, 46, 53–54, 60–61, 267
See also climate debt, mortgages, student debt
Debt Collective, and student debt, 68, 69–70
debt for students. See student debt
Democrats and Democratic Party
abortion and anti-gay legislation, 171
austerity and Act 10 (WI), 111
and capitalism, 212
in Chicago politics, 126–127
as part of problem, 34
response to activism and movements, 280–281
2008 financial crisis and bailout, 17–18
Department of Education (federal) (DOE), student debt and for-profit colleges, 63, 66–70
Department of Homeland Security, 226, 227
Department of Justice, report on policing and court practices in Ferguson, 234–235
die-in, 241
disruption, as power, 10, 24, 43, 155, 241, 274, 283
Doctors Without Borders, 251–252
Donnelly, Ignatius, 28–29
Dooley, Debbie, 22–24, 25, 26–27, 265, 270–271
Dream Defenders, 150–151, 152–153, 154, 158
drug war, 232
Du Bois, W. E. B., 139–140, 143
Duncan, Arne, 119
Dye, Jenni, 100, 101–102, 104–106, 107, 108, 112
ecological debt, 267
economy
and black people, 131, 137, 138, 145–146
link to climate change, 266–267
and moral values, 173
Red Scare and red-baiting, 199–200
and sexual rights issues, 169–170, 171
See also capitalism
education
activism and protests, 278
and austerity, 99–108, 110–111
as commodity, 62–63
and debt (see student debt)
for-profit institutions, 64–67, 70–71
importance, 61
and job expectations, 61–62, 65, 67, 70
privatization and reforms, 119–120
and securities, 63–64
and union rights, 99–103
Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC), 66
elections in US
activism and protests, 278–279
and movements’ work, 182–183
outsider candidates, 209–212
public participation, 32–33
and socialism, 195
young people in, 211
Emanuel, Rahm, 121, 123–124, 125–127
employment and jobs, 20, 61–62, 148
energy democracy, 270–271
environment
activism and protests, 270–275
and capitalism, 260–261
movement for, 261–262
workers and labor movement, 262–263
See also climate and climate change
environmental justice movement, 263
environmental racism, 268, 271–272
Epps-Addison, Jennifer, 108
Espinosa, Colleen McKee, 49
Espinosa, Nick, 49–50, 51, 281–282, 285
Everest College, 65–68
Everest College Avengers group, 67
extractive industries, 260–261, 262–265, 272–274
See also fossil fuels
Fairfield (Connecticut), 15, 16
faith, and social issues, 166, 171–173, 175–176
family and family values, 177–179
family wage, 177
Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association), 57
Fast Food Forward, 203
fast-food workers, 203–205
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), 63
federal government
militarization of police, 225–226, 227
mortgages and foreclosures, 55–56
programs for workers, 80
response to 2008 financial crisis, 19–20
student loans and college funding, 58, 63
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 146–147
Federal Reserve, 19
Ferguson (Missouri)
assembly and protests, 237–241, 246
civil disobedience, 186
importance to protest movement, 240–241
open carry rights, 225
police force and militarization, 219–223, 225, 226
police practices, 234–235, 236, 239, 240–241
reforms and change, 244–247
$15 an hour wage. See Fight for $15
campaign and Show Me $15
Fight for $15 campaign and Show Me $15
connection with other protests, 241, 277
origins and early actions, 203–204
and political debate, 210, 279
Seattle elections and workers actions, 189, 192–193, 205–208, 214
financial crisis of 2008
and austerity, 110
bailout for banks, 14, 15–16, 17–18, 19, 46
banks’ reaction to, 18, 19, 22
blame for, 266
and climate change, 264
consequences for banks, 19–20, 22
and employment, 148
“end,” 52
homes and black people, 146–148
and mortgages, 23
reaction to in US, 18–19
response from US government, 19–20
as spark for movements, 4–5, 25, 32
financial sector
growth and wealth concentration, 20–21
houses as speculation, 53–54, 56
and market populism, 30–31
protests against, 33–35
as target of Occupy Wall Street, 36–37
See also banks
Flores, Brisenia, 137
for-profit educational institutions, 64–67, 70–71
Foran, Greg, 96
Forbes, David, 187
foreclosures
blame on owners, 54
extent and consequences, 52–53
and legal battles, 49
and mortgages, 49–51
and Occupy, 47–51
personal experiences, 46–47, 49–50
“robosigning” practice, 55
and 2008 financial crisis, 15, 52–53
fossil fuels
and climate change, 264–266, 270
disasters and protests, 258–260
Foster, Eileen, 54–55
See also hydraulic fracturing
franchises, and wages, 204–205
Freedom Side, 155
fusion centers, and militarization of police, 227
Ganz, Marshall, 33
Garcia, Jesus “Chuy,” 125–126
Garza, Alicia, 151, 153, 155, 157, 282
gay and LGBT rights, 170, 174, 179–180
See also sexual rights issues
Gearhart, Jeff, 97
See also strikes
Gerth, The Rev. David, 239, 246–247
GI Bill, 57–58
Global Justice Clinic, 218
Goehl, George, 17–18, 34, 266, 271, 280, 281
Goldstein, Alexis
on demands for change, 281
on education as product, 65
and mortgages and foreclosures, 53, 56
and Occupy Wall Street, 18, 22, 31, 39, 41
on student debt and strike, 69
Goldstein, David, 190, 207–208, 231–232
Gonzales, Ivanna, 161–164, 184
“good debt,” 46, 61
Graham, Ramarley, 133
Grant, Oscar and “Oscar Grant Plaza,” 131, 216
Gwynne, Kristen, 216
Haley, Nikki, 190
Hamlin, Eileen, 272–273
Harris, Colby, 74–76, 90, 91, 92
health, and environment, 271–272
health care, after Superstorm Sandy, 251–253
higher education, 69
See also education
Higher Education Act, 58
Hoffman, Elle, 88
Hollywood, and Red Scare, 201
Holmes, Bene’t, 80–81
homes
and financial crisis (see foreclosures; mortgages)
and women’s role, 177–179
homosexuality. See gay and gender rights
Hoopes, Alex, 192
horizontalism
and labor unions, 89–90
and Occupy Wall Street, 40–41
online organizing, 41
and power, 9
in social movements, 179–180, 285
housing, protests, 57
housing bubble, 53–54
human-made disasters, 258–259
Hurricane Katrina, 257–258
hydraulic fracturing, 264–265, 272–274
See also fracking
identity politics and identity-based movements, 173–176
Illinois People’s Action (IPA), 273–274
immigrants in US, 227–228
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 163–164
incomes, 53–54
inequality
and Occupy Wall Street, 5–6, 35–37
space for discussion of, 202–203
as trigger of protests, 5–6
Internet, 2, 24–25, 41, 91, 242
See also social media
intersectionality
in activism and protests, 277–278, 284–285
and climate change, 268
and protesters, 164, 181, 243–244
in racism and black people, 157
Jackson, Thomas, 244
Jacobin magazine, 197
jobs and employment, 20, 61–62, 148
expectations from education, 61–62, 65, 67, 70
Johnson, Mychal, 271
Jones, Van, 195–196
judicial system, and black people, 234–235
Justice to Justice, 51
Kanakkanatt, Kirin, 154, 155, 167–168, 268
Kelley, Robin D. G., 11, 143, 146, 156–157, 286–287
King, Justin, 225
Koch, Charles and David, 109, 196, 265
labor
and communism, 199–200
future of, 286
organization, 203–204
racism in, 143–144
See also workers
Labor Management Relations Act (or Taft-Hartley bill), 117, 199
labor unions
and austerity, 99–108, 110–111
Chicago strike of 2016, 126, 127
decline, 115–116
dues from workers, 86
and extractive industries, 262–263
minimum wage and $15 an hour, 189, 192–193
and minority unionism, 90
protests against banks, 33–34
racial discrimination, 143–144
rights and Act 10 (WI), 99–103
and service industry, 78
shifts in models, 120–121
as social movement, 117–118
teachers and public workers, 112–116
teaching assistants, 99–100
Walmart, actions against, 71, 85–93
Walmart, anti-unionism, 73, 74, 83, 86–87
workers in Seattle, 189, 192–193, 209
Larson, Ann, 68
Latchison, Diamond, 8, 219–222, 237, 239, 242–244, 246
Lerner, Jacob, 161–163, 164, 180, 184
Lerner, Stephen, 10, 18, 33–34, 37, 60, 117, 202
Levitt, William, and Levittown, 57
Lewis, John, 10–11, 129, 131, 132, 153
Lewis, Karen, 118, 121, 123–125
Lewis, Penny, 36–37
Liberty Plaza, and Occupy, 37–38, 39–40
See also Zuccotti Park
“Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless” tour, 16–17
loans
for homes (see mortgages)
for students and education, 58, 62–64
Loomis, Erik, 261–262
Luce, Stephanie, 36–37
Luna, Venanzi, 71–72, 73, 94–95, 97–98
Maharawal, Manissa McCleave, 43, 131–132
manmade disasters, 258–259
Maree, Daniel, 134
Martin, Trayvon, 133–134, 140, 150–151, 152, 153
McNeill, Emily, 185
medical care, after Superstorm Sandy, 251–253
middle class
and debt, 60–61
expansion and decline, 58–59, 60
and homeownership, 57
and politics, 59
producer ethic and populism, 30
and Tea Party, 27–28
militarization of police
in Ferguson (Missouri), 219–223, 225, 226
first event, 229–230
origin and factors of, 223, 226–228
people’s reaction, 224–225
and police abuses, 219
reforms, 244
and surveillance, 228–229
Miller, John Anthony, 141
Million Hoodies network and march, 134
minimum wage. See Fight for $15 campaign and Show Me $15; wage and minimum wage
Minnesota, foreclosures, 48–51
Missouri
labor organization, 204
police and court practices, 234–235
segregation, 235–236
Mitchell, Mahlon, 106
Mohit, Nastaran, 251–252, 253, 254, 255, 256
Moore, Ty, 192
Moral Majority, 176–177
Moral Monday in St. Louis, 240
Moral Monday/Movement in NC
leadership and participants, 180–181
principles and issues, 165–166, 172, 187
protests and arrests, 162–165, 166–168
Moral Mondays Illinois, 186
morality and moral values
family and family values, 177–179
and religious right, 175–177
and social issues, 166, 171–173, 175–176
US politics and society, 172–173, 175–177
mortgages
and black people, 147–148, 149
federal government actions, 55–56
and foreclosures, 49–51
fraud by banks, 54–56
refinancing stories, 45–46, 52
speculation by financial sector, 53–54
subprime mortgages, 53–54, 148
“underwater,” 23
movements
for angry people, 3–7, 25, 277–279
and change, 286–287
connections and links in, 8, 11, 241–242, 245
demands and vision, 280–283, 284–285
galvanization, 32–35
history and rise in US, 7, 279–280
and media, 26
resistance to and challenges, 280–281, 284–286
and social media, 104–105
types of people in, 7–8
See also specific movements
Mozilo, Angelo, 55
Muñoz, Israel, 123–124
Murray, Cynthia, 72–73, 74, 97, 98
Muse, Vance, 144
Myers, Vonderrit, 239
National Defense Authorization Act, 226
National Defense Education Act, 58
National Fuel company, 270
National Guard, 221
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA, 1935), 144–145
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 72, 75, 86, 92, 205
National People’s Action (NPA), 17–18, 33–34, 266, 271, 281
national security, and surveillance, 229
natural disasters, 254, 255–257, 258, 260, 266–267
Navient, 63
New Deal, discrimination in, 143–144
New Era Windows, 280
New Orleans, 257–258
New York City
environmental racism, 271–272
labor organization and $15 an hour, 203–204, 208
misdemeanor arrests, 233
outsider candidates, 209–210
Superstorm Sandy, 249–255
See also Occupy Wall Street
New York Communities for Change (NYCC), 203
New York Police Department (NYPD), 133, 215–216, 233
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), 251, 256–257
New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts, 34, 35
Newsome, Bree, 158
Nixon, Richard, 30
nonfinancial sector bailout, 20
North Carolina
advocacy and People’s Assemblies, 160–161
civil disobedience and protests (see Moral Monday/Movement in NC)
election of 2014, 182–183
political power and legislative measures, 159–162, 168–169, 183–184
sexuality rights issues, 169–170
nuclear family, 177–179
Oakland (CA), 216–218
Oath Keepers, 224–225
Obama, Barack
militarization of police, 244
and Tea Party, 25
use of movements, 32–33
workers’ rights and pay, 14
Obama administration, 70, 224, 266
Obi, Mildred, 50
O’Brien, Mike, 193, 213, 274–275
Occupy
“Declaration” and “blocks,” 132
foreclosures and homes, 47–51
help for Superstorm Sandy, 249–251, 253–254
and labor organization, 44, 89, 203
mutual aid vs. charity, 255–256
protesters and police, 38, 133–134, 215–219
racial issues and color blindness, 131–133
and student debt, 68
and Walmart, 89
Occupy Oakland, 216–218
Occupy Our Homes / Occupy Homes, 46–49, 50–51
Occupy Sandy, 250–251, 253–254
Occupy Student Debt, 62
Occupy the SEC, 41–42
Occupy Wall Street
beginning and spread, 2–3, 35, 38–42, 44
and capitalism, 42
demands, 43–44
and financial sector, 36–37
and horizontalism, 40–41
personal experiences, 42
practices and structures, 42–44
protesters and police, 38, 215–216
See also Liberty Plaza
Ohio Student Association (OSA), 153–154, 156
Olsen, Scott, 217–218
1-T Day, 62
online organizing. See Internet; social media
open carry rights, 225
Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart)
aims and efforts, 85–86, 87, 89–92
in Bentonville Home Office, 93, 94–98
personal experiences, 71–72, 73, 75
outsourcing, and workers, 77
Oxford, Robert, 63–64
Pantaleo, Daniel, 233
Parikh, Sejal, 205, 206, 208–209
part-time work, 80
Paulson, Henry, 15
People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH), 269–270
People’s Climate March, 268–270
“people’s mic,” 43
People’s Movement Assembly, 237–238
Poe, Tef, 221–222
police
and black people, 132–134, 156, 232–237
“broken windows” theory, 232–233
and drug war, 232
equipment, 217–218
history in US, 230–231
militarization (see militarization of police)
and Occupy protesters, 38, 133–134, 215–219
people’s reaction to practices, 234, 236–237
practices, 133, 228, 233, 234–236, 239–241
reforms and civilian oversight, 244
revenue for, 234–235
targeted groups, 230–234
See also Ferguson (MO)
politics in US
anger with, 5
and austerity, 109–110, 111–112
change in, 210–211
and Fight for $15 campaign, 210, 279
and labor unions, 111–112, 116
and middle class, 59
money in, 111–112
and movements, 9
social and moral issues, 172–173, 175–177
See also elections in US
populism
and power, 29–30
and producer ethic, 28–29
in Tea Party, 28
and victim-blaming, 31–32
Populist movement of the late 1800s, 29
poverty and poor people, 31–32, 148–149
Powell, Denechia, 213
power, 9, 10, 29–30, 283, 285–286
producer ethic and producerism, 28–29, 30–31, 59
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, 115
protest movements. See movements
protests
connections between, 241–242, 245
importance of Ferguson events, 240–241
personal cost, 242–243
reforms and change from, 244–247
training for, 283
public spaces, occupation, 39–40
public workers, labor unions history, 112–116
quality-of-life policing, 232–233
Quebec, labor law, 87
race, as social construction, 139
racism and racial issues
activism and protests, 134–137, 150–158, 278
and black people, 134–136, 139–140, 146–150
civil rights movement, 144–145
and climate activism, 268, 271–272
communism and socialism, 200
Confederate flag in SC, 141, 145
and economy, 137, 138, 145–146
in homes and housing, 147–150
in labor and unions, 143–144
Occupy, 131–133
reluctance to discuss in US, 138–139
segregation in US, 235–236
and shootings, 133, 137–138, 140
as systemic problem, 142–144, 145–146
and Tea Party, 129–131
violence in US history, 139–140, 141–143
violence since 2008 financial crisis, 137–139
radicalism and radicals, 5, 10, 198–202
Rahim, Malik, 258
Rakia, Raven, 233
Reagan, Ronald, 59, 115, 176, 232
red-baiting and anti-communism, 194–195, 198–202
Red Hook neighborhood (New York)
and Red Hook Initiative, 250
Red Scare, 199–201
redlined neighborhoods, and black people, 147
religious right, 175–177
rentals of homes, 56
Republic Windows and Doors factory, 13–15, 280
Republicans and Republican Party, 23–24, 109–110, 111, 278–279
retail work in US, 76–77, 78–79
Ripley (MS), 1–2
“robosigning” in foreclosures, 55
Rockefeller, Nelson, 232
Rolf, David, 193–194, 205–206, 213
Rolling Jubilee, 68
Romano, Tara, 166
Roof, Dylann, 140–141
Ross, Andrew, 58
Salgado, Julieta, 250–251
Sallie Mae, and students loans, 63–64
Sanders, Bernie, 210–212, 278, 286
Saunders, Jeremy, 255–256
Sawant, Kshama
on change and action, 287
criticism and success of, 212–213
minimum wage and $15 an hour, 189, 192–193, 205–207
as outsider candidate, 211, 213
socialism and Seattle elections, 189–192, 194, 212–213
support for socialism in US, 197
Scahill, Jeremy, 223
scheduling of work, 79–80
Schlademan, Dan, 85, 86–87, 89, 91, 92
Schlafly, Phyllis, 176
Scott, H. Lee, 84
Scott, Patricia, 94
Scott, Rick, 152
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport workers, and SeaTac 192–193, 206, 209
Seattle
actions and strikes by workers, 205–207
election of 2013 and socialism, 189–192, 194
environmental activism, 274–275
Fight for $15 campaign and $15 an hour, 189, 192–193, 205–208, 214
as role model, 207–208
workers union, 209
WTO protests and police, 231–232
Securities and Exchange Commission, 42, 55
segregation in US, 235–236
Sekou, Osagyefo, 186–187
selah, umi selah (was Agnew, Phillip), 134, 135, 154
Serious Materials, 15
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 775, 189–190
service jobs and industry, 76–79, 81–82, 86
severance pay, 14
sexual rights issues, 169–172, 174, 179–180
Shenker-Osorio, Anat, 36, 58, 59
Sheridan-Gonzalez, Judy, 251, 252, 253, 257
Shibata, Kenzo
Chicago schools and unions, 119–121, 122, 123, 124–125
Show Me $15. See Fight for $15
campaign and Show Me $15
“Showdown in America” campaign, 33
Silberman-Gorn, Isaac, 272, 273
Simmons, Montague, 238, 243, 244
Slay, Francis G., 240
Smalley-McMahan, Barbara, 159–160, 165, 172, 182, 186–187
Smith, DeAndre, 234
social media
and help in crises, 249–250
and Occupy Wall Street, 2, 41–42
in protests and strikes, 91, 104–105, 123, 216, 242
union rights and Act 10, 100–101
See also Internet
socialism
acceptance in US, 195, 196–197
and capitalism, 190, 195, 196–197, 212
fight against in US, 195–196
in political debate and elections, 195, 210–212, 213–214, 278
and 2008 financial crisis, 195, 197
workers and labor unions, 189–190
Socialist Alternative group, 190, 191–192, 194, 206–207
solidarity, 9, 255–257, 258–259
Soni, Saket, 87–88
“Special Weapons and Tactics” (SWAT), 229–230
Stamp, Nelini
activism and protests, 151, 153, 155, 156
Stand Your Ground law, 133, 136
Stoller, Matt, 118–119
“stop-and frisk” tactics, 133, 233
The Stranger (newspaper), 191
Strike Debt, 68
strikes
Chicago schools and teachers, 118–119, 122–124, 127–128
fossil fuel industry, 259–260
goals, 260
PATCO, 115
purposes and success factors, 118–119
Seattle workers, 205–207
at Walmart, 71, 73, 74, 87–89, 122–123
student debt
actions and strike against, 67–70
bubble, 61–62
defaults, 64
and education, 61–65
personal experiences, 65–67
and wealth, 60–61
Student Loan Asset Backed Securities (SLABs), 63
students
union in Chicago, 123–124
See also education
subprime mortgages, 53–54, 148
Superstorm Sandy
help initiatives, 249–255
impact on social change groups, 255–257
surveillance, and militarization of police, 228–229
Szoldra, Paul, 223
Taft-Hartley bill (Labor Management Relations Act), 117, 199
Tahrir Square protests, 101
Taylor, Ciara, 134–136, 150–151, 152, 158
Tea Party
on abortion and sexual identity, 170–171
and capitalism, 25–26
and climate change, 265
influence on protest, 26–27
members and middle class, 27–28
and online tools, 25
as protest movement, 24–25
racism in, 129–131
rise and expansion, 1–2, 22–24, 26
slogan and populism, 28
and socialism, 196–197
teachers
and austerity, 118
in Chicago (see Chicago schools and teachers)
labor unions history, 113–116
Teaching Assistants Association (TAA), 99–101, 106
technology, 8
See also social media
terrorism, impact on policing, 223–224
Tifft, Mary Pat, 97
Tillis, Thom, 182
transformative demands, 156–157, 282
trauma and PTSD, for protesters, 243
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 19–20, 21, 195
troublemaking, as power, 10
Twitter and Tweets, 42, 104, 219–220, 242
2008 financial crisis. See financial crisis of 2008
unionization, legislation, 86
unions. See labor unions
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), 71, 86–87, 91–92
United Public Workers of America, 114
US government. See federal government
victim-blaming, 31–32
voting and voters, 151, 168–169, 182, 183, 196
Waco (Texas), 231
wage and minimum wage
fast-food industry and franchises, 204–205
service and retail jobs, 78–79, 81
at Walmart, 81–82, 84, 90, 92, 94–95, 97
See also Fight for $15 campaign and Show Me $15
Walker, Scott, 99–100, 103, 105–108, 110–111, 169–170
Wall Street. See banks; financial sector
Walmart
anti-union stance and efforts, 73, 74, 83, 86–87
beginnings, 81–82
in Bentonville (Arkansas), 93–94
business model and free enterprise, 83–85
change towards workers’ demands, 88–89
Christian affiliation, 81–82, 90
distribution and logistics, 82, 88
and government assistance for workers, 80–81
labor organization, 71–76, 85–93
labor organizers at Home Office, 73–74, 93, 94–98
Occupy and activism, 89
online organizing, 91
personal experiences, 71–76
prices vs. wages, 81–82, 84, 90
shareholders meeting and resolutions, 94–98
stock option program, 83
strikes, 71, 73, 74, 87–89, 122–123
supply chain, 87–89
wages, 81–82, 84, 90, 92, 94–95, 97
See also Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart)
Walmart Museum, 94
Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic, 218
Walton, H. Rob, 96
Walton, Sam, and heirs, 81, 82, 83, 94, 96
War on Drugs, 232
War on Terror, and militarization of police, 223, 228
Way, Jamie, 91
“We are the 99 percent,” success as message, 35–37
wealth concentration, 21
white supremacy, 143, 156–157, 246
Williams, Kennard, 222–223, 226, 240–241, 242, 245
Wisconsin
protests and Act 10, 99–105, 107–108, 111, 117–118
recalls from office, 105–107
unions and collective bargaining, 115
Wolff, Richard D., 196–197
women
austerity and Act 10, 103
at home, 177–179
liberation movement, 174
support between, 243–244
as workers and in unions, 78, 113
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, 14
workers
and communism, 199–200
and extractive industries, 260–261, 262–263
fight for rights and severance pay, 13–15
financial sector, 21
and government assistance, 80–81
and outsourcing, 77
part-time work, 80
salaries and conditions, 189–190, 192
scheduling of work, 79–80
service and retail industries, 76–79
and socialism, 189–190
wage and minimum wage, 78–79, 189, 192–193
See also Fight for $15 campaign and Show Me $15
working class, 21, 35, 60, 76–77, 143, 174–175,
Working Families Party (WFP), 15–17, 209–210
WTO protests, 231–232
Wurf, Jerry, 115
You Are Never Alone (YANA), 252
Zimmerman, George, 133–134, 136, 140, 150–151
See also Liberty Plaza