New Book: San Francisco: The Political Edge

Posted by on September 3, 2004

[posted from Comm-Org listserv]

New From the City Lights Foundation!

San Francisco: The Political Edge
Edited by Chris Carlsson
Available October 2004
ISBN 1-93140-405-4
$17.95
Order Now!

Reflections by 25 San Francisco activists and writers on elections, war, urban hell and transformational politics

In the wake of the astonishing popular mobilization on behalf of an underdog campaign to elect Green Party Matt Gonzalez mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco: The Political Edge analyzes emergent political energies, where they came from, and where they?re going. Rarely have contemporary radicals joined forces with cultural rebels and neighborhood activists in an effort to change almost everything about the governance of a city. Cultural and political trends erupt in San Francisco, a city that thrives on dissent and new ideas. With wit and cogency, this book reveals the new dynamics that will reshape urban politics nationwide.

Contributors include D.S. Black, Iain Boal, Steven Bodzin, Chris Carlsson, Mona Caron, Hugh d?Andrade, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bianca Henry, Keith Hennessy, Erick Lyle, Quintin Mecke, Alejandro Murgu?a, Annalee Newitz, Joel Pomerantz, Rick Prelinger, Michael Rauner, David Rosen, Marlena Sonn, Alli Starr, Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Michelle Tea, James Tracy, Michael Med-O Whitson, & Josh Wilson.