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Creating a rainbow: ideas and coalition building on the American left, c. 1973-1988 by Riggs, Alex

“…Contrary to narratives of the American left as retreating in response to the rise of Reaganism and neoliberalism, this thesis instead shows that by making use of ideas like participation, redistribution, and equality, common agendas could be formed between constituencies of the ‘old’ left of the working class and labour movement and ‘new’ left constituencies of feminists, civil rights activists, and LGBT rights activists, amongst others. …”
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