A Progressive City Fights Back
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9199230 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel M Berman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 58 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-069-02-2017-06_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2621135762 |
| Language | EN |
In 2014, after years of grassroots organizing, a coalition of progressives transformed Richmond, California into the largest city in the United States governed by a Green Party mayor. But Richmond is not just Anytown: its economy and government has been dominated for a century by a giant Chevron refinery, and by a racist political machine determined to keep the city's working-class and nonwhite majority out of power.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Chevron (anatomy) · Class (philosophy) · Economic history · Government (linguistics) · Grassroots · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Working class · History · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Highly cited | No |
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