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I have spent most of the past decade working as an independent journalist, writing feature articles about immigration, labor, and organizing for a variety of publications that include the New York Times, Harper’s, Slate, Virginia Quarterly Review, New York, Mother Jones, and The Nation. Most of my magazine writing can be found at https://gabrielthompson.org/

I'm the author of four books, each with deal in some way with the same themes. My newest, out in March 2016, is America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century. The book is the first biography of one of the most influential--but little known--community organizers in American history, who mentored both Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.

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	Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do 3.97 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's No José Here: Following the Hidden Lives of Mexican Immigrants 3.94 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture 4.48 avg rating — 73 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century 4.56 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calling All Radicals: How Grassroots Organizers Can Save Our Democracy 3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“These were the headliners—but behind such individuals were the thousands more men and women who remained largely anonymous but who were crucial in building the strongest Mexican American organization of its period.”
― Gabriel Thompson, America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century

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“At its current rate of growth, Ross wrote Alinsky, the CSO would have active chapters in every sizable Spanish-speaking area in the state within the year.28 Which, as it turned out, would present a whole new set of challenges.”
― Gabriel Thompson, America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century

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“Returning to chapters also meant lighting a fire under leaders who had grown complacent. Without the guidance of Ross or Chavez, the shrunken membership often coalesced around a clique that had grown to like the status quo, as it allowed them to do little more than give speeches. The service program, Ross hoped, would force these leaders, however reluctantly, into action. “At first, we felt a little guilty about building up this intensive service program in the various chapters, and then leaving the leaders holding the bag,” he wrote. But he found that “once we have initiated the program and the people are aware of its value, they force the leaders to continue with it after we have gone.”
― Gabriel Thompson, America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century

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