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Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections
Edited by Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and Maria Poblet
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INTRODUCTION
- 2020 Was an Extraordinary Year
Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and María Poblet
PART 1: BUILDING PROGRESSIVE POWER IN THE STATES
- Change a State and Shock a Nation: Georgia in the 2020 Elections
Interviews with Cliff Albright, Beth Howard, Adelina Nicholls, and Nsé Ufot, conducted by Linda Burnham - The Battle for Democracy in Michigan
Art Reyes III and Eli Day
- LUCHA’s 10-Year Road Map to Victory
César Fierros Mendoza - New Virginia Majority: We Win by Expanding Democracy
Jon Liss - Florida’s Rising Majority Learns from Its Wins — and Its Opponents
Andrea Cristina Mercado - Pennsylvania Stands Up: Stepping into the Whirlwind
Jacob Swenson-Lengyel and Jules Berkman-Hill - States of Solidarity: How State Alignment Builds Multiracial Working-Class Power
María Poblet
PART 2: COMMUNITIES OF COLOR DRIVE THE WIN
- Black Voters in 2020: A Roundtable Conversation
Moderated by Karl Kumodzi and featuring Sendolo Diaminah, Arisha Hatch, Thenjiwe McHarris, and Mondale Robinson - Lessons from Engaging AAPI Voters and Communities in 2020 Timmy Lu, and featuring interviews with Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood, Laura Misumi, Mohan Seshadri, and Vivian Chang
- Stepping into Indigenous Political Power: The Resurgence of the Native Vote in 2020 Lycia Maddocks (Quechan Indian Tribe)
- No One Is Coming to Save Us: Self-Organizing in Latinx Communities for Political Power
Rafael Návar
PART 3: WORKERS ON THE DOORS
- UNITE HERE: Drawing On Our Knowledge, Fighting for Our Future
Interviews with Mario Yedidia, Stephanie Greenlea, and Diana Valles, conducted by Marcy Rein - Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation: Steps on the Road to a New Texas
Hany Khalil and Jay Malone - ‘There’s a Purpose in This’: Domestic Workers Enter the Electoral Arena
Linda Burnham and Ai-jen Poo
PART 4: BERNIE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, AND THE PRIMARY BATTLES
- Bernie 2020: ‘Not Me, Us’
A conversation between Yong Jung Cho, Neidi Dominguez, and Alex Han, convened by Alex Han - Our Revolution: Everything Depends on Local Organizing
Larry Cohen - Democratic Socialists and the US Presidency in the Neoliberal Era
David Duhalde
PART 5: MOBILIZING VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
- Protest, Politics, and (Electoral) Power
Maurice Mitchell - People’s Action: Building ‘Movement Politics’
Ryan Greenwood - Fight the Right, Build the Left: Seed the Vote’s Work in 2020
Jill Shenker, Rose Mendelsohn, and Jason Negrón-Gonzales - Win Justice and Beyond: Winning Elections While Building Power for the Long Term
Deepak Pateriya - Building and Transforming Power: Lessons from the 2020 Elections
Alicia Garza