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Preface: Revelations in South Africa ix Introduction: Change to Win and the Split in the AFL-CIO 1 PART ONE CHALLENGES FACING THE U.S. LABOR MOVEMENT 1 Dukin' It Out: Building the Labor Movement 9 2 The New Deal 18 3 The Cold War on Labor 26 4 The Civil Rights Movements, the Left, and Labor 32 PART TWO THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED s Whose Welfare Matters, Anyway? 41 6 What's Left for Us? 49 7 Organizing to Organize the Unorganized 59 PART THREE SWEENEY'S GRAND GESTURE 8 The New Voice Coalition Takes Office 69 9 Developing Strategy in Times of Change 83 10 Globalization: The Biggest Strategic Challenge 91 11 Could'a, Would'a, Should'a: Central Labor Councils and Missed Opportunities 100 12 International Affairs, Globalization, and 9/q 114 1 1 PART FOUR WHEN SILENCE ISN'T GOLDEN 13 Restlessness in the Ranks 123 14 Change to Win: A Return to Gompers? 131 15s Anger, Compromise, and the Paralysis of the Sweeney Coalition 147 16 Left Behind 152 PART FIVE THE WAY FORWARD: SOCIAL JUSTICE UNIONISM 17 The Need for Social Justice Unionism 165 is The Need for a Global Outlook 186 19 Realizing Social Justice Unionism: Strategies for Transformation 197 Appendix A. A Process for Addressing the Future of U.S. Organized Labor 217 Appendix B. Using Race, Class, and Gender Analysis to Transform Local Unions: A Case Study 225 Notes 245 Bibliography 279 Acknowledgments 287 Index 289 About the Authors 303