The Dig: Frances Fox Piven on Why Movements Matter
Four decades ago, Frances Fox Piven and her husband Richard Cloward published Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail, a classic, clear-eyed analysis of just what the title suggests. Piven, a legendary scholar and activist,
February 7, 2018
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February 7, 2018
The Dig: Frances Fox Piven on Why Movements Matter
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The Dig: Frances Fox Piven on Why Movements Matter
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Four decades ago, Frances Fox Piven and her husband Richard Cloward published <i>Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail</i>, a classic, clear-eyed analysis of just what the title suggests. Piven, a legendary scholar and activist, talks to Dan about her life, Occupy, Bernie, the Democratic Party, anti-war movements, black bloc, mass incarceration, and more. (Also: Dan’s voice sounds a little different because he had to record in a different room.) Thanks to Verso Books and University of California Press. Check out <i>The Great Cowboy Strike: Bullets, Ballots and Class Conflicts in the American West</i> by Mark A. Lause <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2592-the-great-cowboy-strike" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2592-the-great-cowboy-strike</a> and <i>Chicago on the Make: Power and Inequality in a Modern City</i> by Andrew J. Diamond <a href="http://ucpress.edu/ebook.php?isbn=9780520961715" rel="nofollow">ucpress.edu/ebook.php?isbn=9780520961715</a>.
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