What A California Refinery Town Can Teach America
By Kathy Kiely A soon-to-be-published book by a longtime labor organizer chronicles how a grass-roots democracy movement overcame corporate money. In Richmond, California, a refinery town near San Francisco, a vibrant community coalition is…
Sharing Our Experience: The Richmond Progressive Alliance
https://youtu.be/UxthsOj2yhc In 2004, Gayle McLaughlin was the first corporate-free progressive candidate ever elected to the Richmond city council. The Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) is an organization key to the electoral success of Gayle and…
In Richmond, We Would Not Let Democracy Be Bought
In November 2014, my city of Richmond, California, provided us with a beautiful and successful David vs. Goliath story in which ordinary people (the people of Richmond) triumphed over the Chevron Corporation and its $3 million attempt to stop…