A Freedom Budget for All Americans: Recapturing the Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in the Struggle for Economic Justice Today

by Paul Le Blanc and Michael D. Yates

Book Overview

While the Civil Rights Movement is remembered for efforts to end segregation and secure the rights of African Americans, the larger economic vision that animated much of the movement is often overlooked today. That vision sought economic justice for every person in the United States, regardless of race. It favored production for social use instead of profit; social ownership; and democratic control over major economic decisions. The document that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583673601
• ISBN13: 9781583673607
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"