John Nichols is The Nation’s Washington correspondent and the associate editor of the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin. He has authored and coauthored eight books on media and politics.

 

In UPRISING, Nichols traces the Occupy Wall Street movement to Wisconsin, a place that has become the reference point for a renewal of labor militancy, mass protest, and radical politics since their governor announced he would strip collective bargaining rights from public employees and teachers. The size of the protests drew more attention from the general public than any other American labor struggle in decades. Nichols shows how Wisconsin inspired Occupy Wall Street and how the two have inspired a nation and transformed political debate.