From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New Left

In January of 1999 a new student movement announced itself on the cam-puses of American universities. It began a campaign for a sweat free campus and it did so in dramatic fashionby occupying over the next four months Administration buildings on seven campusesDuke (January 29), Georgetown (February...

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Main Author: Robert J.S. Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/310
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description In January of 1999 a new student movement announced itself on the cam-puses of American universities. It began a campaign for a sweat free campus and it did so in dramatic fashionby occupying over the next four months Administration buildings on seven campusesDuke (January 29), Georgetown (February 5), Wisconsin (February 8), Michigan (March 17), Fair?eld (April 15), and North Carolina and Arizona (April 21). In each case, the students demands were focused on labor exploitation in the apparel industrythe sweatshop problem.
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spelling doaj.art-2adada63f5734fc3b1b4f97e0f7ea23a2022-12-22T03:48:02ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of World-Systems Research1076-156X2015-08-0110128731910.5195/jwsr.2004.310304From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New LeftRobert J.S. Ross0Clark UniversityIn January of 1999 a new student movement announced itself on the cam-puses of American universities. It began a campaign for a sweat free campus and it did so in dramatic fashionby occupying over the next four months Administration buildings on seven campusesDuke (January 29), Georgetown (February 5), Wisconsin (February 8), Michigan (March 17), Fair?eld (April 15), and North Carolina and Arizona (April 21). In each case, the students demands were focused on labor exploitation in the apparel industrythe sweatshop problem.http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/310
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Journal of World-Systems Research
title From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New Left
title_full From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New Left
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title_full_unstemmed From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New Left
title_short From Antisweatshop to Global Justice to Antiwar: How the new New Left is the Same and Different From the old New Left
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