Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher is an historian, documentary filmmaker, activist, and author of books on labor and social movements.

His notable literary works include Cornwall in Pictures: A Visual reminiscence, 1868-1941, which was favourably reviewed by the New York Times; and Global Village or Global Pillage?, written with Tim Costello.

His notable documentary works include Global Village or Global Pillage? which received the Gold Special Jury Award at The Houston International Film Festival, and Best Documentary Award at the FirstGlance 5 Philadelphia Film and Video Festival, and a 2001 Emmy Award Nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Target Audience Program.

Brecher served as historian for the Naugatuck Valley Project, a community coalition formed in 1986 to confront plant closings and deindustrialization. From 1989 to 2001 he served as Humanities Scholar-in-Residence at Connecticut Public Television and Radio. From 1991-1995, he was producer, writer, and host of Connecticut Public Radio's Remembering Connecticut.

In 1998, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) hired Brecher to work for him on globalization issues. Together with Sanders staff member Brendan Smith, they developed the Global Sustainable Development Resolution which provided a comprehensive program for transforming the global economy based on the programs of a wide range of public interest organizations and policy analysts. Brecher resigned from Rep. Sanders' staff when Sanders voted to support a resolution authorizing air strikes against Serbia.

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