Radicals in Power: The New Left Experience in Office
by Eric Leif Davin
2021-02-03 15:26:12
Radicals in Power: The New Left Experience in Office
by Eric Leif Davin
2021-02-03 15:26:12
Our memory of Sixties New Left radicals often evokes marches in the streets, battles with the police, or urban bombings. However, the New Left was a multi-faceted movement, with diverse tendencies. One of these tendencies promoted electoral as the wa...
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Our memory of Sixties New Left radicals often evokes marches in the streets, battles with the police, or urban bombings. However, the New Left was a multi-faceted movement, with diverse tendencies. One of these tendencies promoted electoral as the way to change America. A surprisingly large number of these New Left radicals were elected to office: City Council, Mayor, State Senate, even the U.S. Senate. Once in office, they persisted and prevailed. These "Radicals in Power" brought about a lasting political realignment in their locales, and embodied the vision of a better future that was at the heart of all New Left activism. Radicals in Power examines this unexplored history of the Sixties and the New Left. Based on interviews with the elected New Left radicals in each of their cities, Davin details the birth and evolution of a local and regional progressive politics that has, heretofore, been overlooked.
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