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Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections

Edited by Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and Maria Poblet

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 

• 2020 Was an Extraordinary Year  
  Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and María Poblet

PART 1: BUILDING PROGRESSIVE POWER IN THE STATES

• Change a State and Shock a Nation: Georgia in the 2020 Elections
  Interviews with Cliff Albright, Beth Howard, Adelina Nicholls, and Nsé Ufot, conducted by Linda Burnham
• The Battle for Democracy in Michigan
  Art Reyes III and Eli Day

• LUCHA’s 10-Year Road Map to Victory
  César Fierros Mendoza
• New Virginia Majority: We Win by Expanding Democracy
  Jon Liss
• Florida’s Rising Majority Learns from Its Wins — and Its Opponents
  Andrea Cristina Mercado
• Pennsylvania Stands Up: Stepping into the Whirlwind
  Jacob Swenson-Lengyel and Jules Berkman-Hill
• States of Solidarity: How State Alignment Builds Multiracial Working-Class Power
  María Poblet

PART 2: COMMUNITIES OF COLOR DRIVE THE WIN

• Black Voters in 2020: A Roundtable Conversation
  Moderated by Karl Kumodzi and featuring Sendolo Diaminah, Arisha Hatch, Thenjiwe McHarris, and Mondale Robinson
• Lessons from Engaging AAPI Voters and Communities in 2020 Timmy Lu, and featuring interviews with Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood, Laura Misumi, Mohan Seshadri, and Vivian Chang
• Stepping into Indigenous Political Power: The Resurgence of the Native Vote in 2020 Lycia Maddocks (Quechan Indian Tribe)
• No One Is Coming to Save Us: Self-Organizing in Latinx Communities for Political Power
  Rafael Návar

PART 3: WORKERS ON THE DOORS

• UNITE HERE: Drawing On Our Knowledge, Fighting for Our Future
  Interviews with Mario Yedidia, Stephanie Greenlea, and Diana Valles, conducted by Marcy Rein
• Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation: Steps on the Road to a New Texas
  Hany Khalil and Jay Malone
• ‘There’s a Purpose in This’: Domestic Workers Enter the Electoral Arena
  Linda Burnham and Ai-jen Poo

PART 4: BERNIE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, AND THE PRIMARY BATTLES

• Bernie 2020: ‘Not Me, Us’
  A conversation between Yong Jung Cho, Neidi Dominguez, and Alex Han, convened by Alex Han
• Our Revolution: Everything Depends on Local Organizing
  Larry Cohen
• Democratic Socialists and the US Presidency in the Neoliberal Era
  David Duhalde

PART 5: MOBILIZING VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

• Protest, Politics, and (Electoral) Power
  Maurice Mitchell
• People’s Action: Building ‘Movement Politics’
  Ryan Greenwood
• Fight the Right, Build the Left: Seed the Vote’s Work in 2020
  Jill Shenker, Rose Mendelsohn, and Jason Negrón-Gonzales
• Win Justice and Beyond: Winning Elections While Building Power for the Long Term
  Deepak Pateriya
• Building and Transforming Power: Lessons from the 2020 Elections
  Alicia Garza