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

“…This story is traced through three case studies that occupy one section each of the thesis: the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (as it was known until 1982) and Democratic Socialists of America (as it was known after 1982), with a focus on its first chair Michael Harrington; the Harold Washington administration in Chicago from 1983 to 1987, especially the pivotal role played by his central advisors Robert Mier and Kari Moe; and the 1988 Jesse Jackson presidential campaign. Throughout the thesis, the centrality of the rainbow coalition concept, whereby a variety of activists could form alliances based on a mutual and interconnecting agenda while retaining their distinct identities as trade unionists, feminists, or African-Americans to name a few, is underscored. …”
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