Class, Race, and Gender:
Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism
is for those who want to understand the underlying connections among
today’s social justice movements.
Bringing
forth the basic operations of capitalist economies, it reveals what
is driving many of today’s most urgent and vexing problems: the
common origins of the inequalities of income, wealth, and power;
environmental devastation; militarism; racism and white supremacy;
patriarchy and male chauvinism; periodic economic crises; and the
cultural conflicts that are tearing at US life.
Michael
Zweig illuminates all propositions with specific examples from US
history, from the first settlement of the New World to current life,
including his own lived experiences as an activist, educator, and
organizer over the past six decades. As such, the book is an urgently
needed resource for activists and organizers seeking structural and
moral transformation of life in the US. Building on his analysis,
Zweig also presents strategies for political action in electoral and
movement-building work.
