but through the Occupy movement it is spreading throughout the United States and it offers a real opportunity finally to turn the tables on the rightwing drift that has characterized our politics since the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s. It Started in Wisconsin is the title of a new Verso anthology edited by progressive historians Paul and Mary Jo Buhle, now available in independent bookstores and wherever else Norton titles are distributed. John Nichols wrote the Introduction and Michael Moore provided the Afterword.
According to the publisher:
It Started in Wisconsin includes eyewitness reports by striking teachers, students, and others (such as Wisconsin-born musician Tom Morello), as well as essays explaining Wisconsin's progressive legacy by acclaimed historians. The book lays bare the national corporate campaign that crafted Wisconsin's anti-union legislation and similar laws across the country, and it conveys the infectious esprit de corps that pervaded the protests with original pictures and comics.
I don't have my copy yet, but you know I've got it on order. You should too.