{"product_id":"9781439919040-communists-and-community","title":"Communists and Community","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eActivism in Detroit's Labor Movement, 1941-1956. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunists and Community\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to reframe the traditional chronology of the Communist Party in the United States as a means to better understand the change that occurred in community activism in the mid-twentieth century. Ryan Pettengill argues that Popular Front activism continued to flourish throughout the war years and into the postwar period. In Detroit, where there was a critical mass of heavy industry, Communist Party activists mobilized support for civil rights and affordable housing, brought attention to police brutality, sought protection for the foreign-born, and led a movement for world peace. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunists and Community\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the Communist Party created a social space where activists became effective advocates for the socioeconomic betterment of a multiracial work force. Pettengill uses Detroit as a case study to examine how communist activists and their sympathizers maintained a community to enhance the quality of life for the city’s working class. He investigates the long-term effects of organized labor’s decision to force communists out of the unions and abandon community-based activism. \u003ci\u003eCommunists and Community \u003c\/i\u003erecounts how leftists helped workers, people of color, and other under-represented groups became part of the mainstream citizenry in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40823283646561,"sku":"9781439919040","price":103.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/4fa64bd7a7d0a07dc8e8cb5b87697831.png?v=1683303173","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781439919040-communists-and-community","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}