{"product_id":"blue-collar-empire-the-untold-story-of-us-labors-global-anticommunist-crusade-9781839769054","title":"Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of Us Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the CIA used American unions to undermine workers at home and subvert democracy abroad\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue-Collar Empire\u003c\/i\u003e tells the shocking story of the AFL-CIO's global anticommunist crusade--and its devastating consequences for workers around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnions 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Schuhrke\u003c\/b\u003e is a labor historian, journalist, union activist, and assistant professor at the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies, SUNY Empire State University in New York City. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, and his scholarship has been published in \u003ci\u003eDiplomatic History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLabor: Studies in Working-Class History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894963900690,"sku":"9781839769054","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19164093-e961-4281-9b50-40baae29b3f6.jpg?v=1738265002","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blue-collar-empire-the-untold-story-of-us-labors-global-anticommunist-crusade-9781839769054","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}