Left Elsewhere Contributor(s): Catte Et Al, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1946511404 ISBN-13: 9781946511409 Publisher: Boston Review
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy |
Dewey: 339.46 |
LCCN: 2018287697 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 10.2" L (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural |
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Publisher Description: An examination of the emerging rural left, from environmentalists blocking pipeline construction to teachers on strike. In Left Elsewhere, volume editor and lead essayist Elizabeth Catte turns a skeptical eye toward "purple" politicians, such as West Virginia Democrat Richard Ojeda, who are hailed by many as the best hope for U.S. progressives outside the urban coasts. By offering a survey of what the left actually looks like outside major urban centers, Catte shows how an emerging rural left is developing new strategies that do not easily fit into typical ideas of liberals, leftists, and Democratic politics. From environmentalists who successfully block pipeline construction to advocates for "radical" health care solutions such as needle exchanges to school teachers who go on strike, these newly energized activists may offer a better path forward for both policy and candidates to represent the needs of poor and working Americans. By engaging activists and scholars outside the coastal bubbles, this collection offers insights into several overlooked areas, including working-class women's activism, victories in new labor struggle (especially in staunchly right-to-work states) and new organizing principles in Jackson, Mississippi--America's most radical city--that are bringing about meaningful racial and economic change on the ground. Taken together, the essays in Left Elsewhere show that today's political language is insufficient to convey what's happening in these areas and examine what, if any, coherent set of politics can be assigned to them. Contributors |
Contributor Bio(s): Catte, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Catte, a public historian and activist based in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, is the author of What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia, and coeditor of 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike. Her work has been featured in All Things Considered, the Guardian, the Nation, the New Yorker, Bookforum, On the Media, Guernica, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Review of Books.Cohen, Joshua: - Joshua Cohen is Coeditor-in-Chief of Boston Review, member of the faculty of Apple University, and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Law, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.Chasman, Deborah: - Deborah Chasman is Coeditor-in-Chief of Boston Review. |
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