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Good info! A lot of logistics about specific union people in the 80s but still really good!

One of my favorite questions the book poses is about political empowerment of the group. It asks if providing services as an outsider at some point placates a group and takes away their own political organizing power. I thought this was really interesting cause I’d never heard it put quite in these terms before.

“Some two hundred strikers showed up for the meeting, but Mayor Ann Soldo refused to allow Spanish translations. She said it would be a waste of the council’s time.”

“From time to time in the history of the United States, appeals to class solidarity have found a receptive audience, but sustaining them over the longterm has proved difficult.”