1. Strikes to the Beat of Drums: Black Power in the American '1968'
- Author
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Nico Pizzolato
- Subjects
Detroit ,Potere nero ,1968 ,Sciopero ,Liberalismo ,Political science (General) ,JA1-92 - Abstract
The end of the Sixties is considered a turning point in the long-term decline of the political project of American liberalism. That historical moment heralded the transition towards a conservative hegemony and, a decade later, to the affirmation of the neoliberal political economy that has characterised the United States for the last thirty years – even among the different political shades of the Administrations. However, analyzing this process from the vantage point of the “1968” in Detroit complicates a linear narrative of liberalism decline. This article discusses the urban riots, the workers strikes and the emergence and demise of Black Power during Detroit’s “revolutionary moment”, casting them against a wider background and a long-term historical perspective.
- Published
- 2018
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