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Economic justice has long been the core goal of community organizing. In the past decade, often below the radar screen of national politics, effective movements have emerged within neighborhoods and, more importantly, at the regional level. This Could Be The Start of Something Big provides a vivid account of some of these efforts and is an important contribution to new thinking about progressive politics. ― Paul Osterman, NTU Professor of Human Resources and Management, MIT Sloan School For nearly two decades, progressives have been dismayed by the steady rise of the right in U.S. politics. Often lost in the gloom and doom about American politics is a striking and sometimes underanalyzed phenomenon: the resurgence of progressive politics and movements at a local level. Across the country, urban coalitions, including labor, faith groups, and community-based organizations, have come together to support living wage laws and fight for transit policies that can move the needle on issues of working poverty. Just as striking as the rise of this progressive resurgence has been its reception among unlikely allies. In places as diverse as Chicago, Atlanta, and San Jose, the usual business

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Author

Pastor Jr., Manuel ;Benner, Chris ;Matsuoka, Martha

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801447211

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Science, Social Science