Includes index

Includes bibliographical references

ch. 1. Primitive accumulation : enclosures, colonial conquest, and enslavement -- ch. 2. Indigenous resistance on Turtle Island : histories of resilience and
self defense -- ch. 3. Slavery and anti-slavery -- ch. 4. Industrialization and the rise of unions -- ch. 5. Boom and bust and the new deal -- ch. 6. Imperialism, Cold War and national liberation struggles -- ch. 7. Empire and cold war -- ch. 8. The Black-led freedom struggle -- ch. 9. 'An old world is dying' : struggles of the long 1960s -- ch. 10. Global production and survival struggles under neoliberalism -- ch. 11. The digital revolution and emerging survival struggles