Rebel Youth: 1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English CanadaDuring the "long sixties," baby boomers raised on democratic postwar ideals demanded a more egalitarian society for all. While a few became vocal leaders at universities across Canada, nearly 90% of Canada's young people went straight to work after high school. There, they brought the anti-authoritarian spirit of the youth revolt to the labour movement. While university-based activists combined youth culture with a new brand of radicalism to form the New Left, young workers were pressing for wildcat strikes and defying their aging union leaders in a wave of renewed militancy. In Rebel Youth, Ian Milligan looks at these converging currents, demonstrating convincingly how they were part of a single youth phenomenon. With just short of seventy interviews complementing the extensive use of archival records from ten different cities, this book claims a central place for labour and class in the legacy of the Canadian sixties. |
Contents
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1 The Challenge of Rebel Youth | 12 |
2 Punching In Walking Out | 37 |
3 Say Goodbye to the Working Class? | 65 |
4 Leaving Campus | 91 |
5 Cold Slogging Solidarity | 121 |
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Rebel Youth: 1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English ... Ian Milligan No preview available - 2014 |
Rebel Youth: 1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English ... Ian Milligan No preview available - 2014 |