Bernie's Brooklyn

How Growing Up in the New Deal City Shaped Bernie Sanders’ Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Bernie Sanders’ tilt at the US presidency has come under fire from an establishment that derides his social democratic policies as alien to the American way. But, as Ted Hamm reveals in this engaging and concise history, the sort of socialism Bernie advocates was commonplace in the Brooklyn where he grew up in the 1940s and 50s.Policies like free college tuition, rent control, and infrastructure projects including extensive public housing, parks and swimming pools were part of the New Deal city run by a progressive Mayor, Fiorello La Guardia, and supported by FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Arthur Miller, resident in Brooklyn Heights, was staging Death of a Salesman, a play with which Bernie’s dad closely identified, Woody Guthrie was penning his paeans to the American worker in Coney Island and Jackie Robinson was breaking the color bar on Ebbets Field in a Dodgers team yet to be relocated in California.Drawing deeply on interviews with his brother and friends, and delving skillfully into the history of the borough, Bernie’s Brooklyn shows how, far from being an anomaly in US politics, Sanders’ 2020 platform is rooted firmly in the progressivism of the New Deal.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-05-13
Mått127 x 177 x 13 mm
Vikt222 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor230
FörlagOR Books
ISBN9781682192405

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Introduction1PART ONE11Chapter One: FDR and LGA13Chapter Two: Flatbush at War37Chapter Three: Eleanor’s Brooklyn62Chapter Four: Fiorello’s Farewell79PART TWO97Chapter Five: Brooklyn at the Forefront99Chapter Six: The Ebony Express116Chapter Seven: The Salesman128Chapter Eight: Mermaid Avenue144Chapter Nine: Cold War Brooklyn165Chapter Ten: Track Star183Conclusion197Bibliography212Acknowledgments219

“A wonderful tour of a different political time that is directly shaping our own. Hamm's book is a beautiful, loving, and easy-to-read exploration of the texture of politics in Brooklyn while Sanders was a child, Bernie's Brooklyn brings politics and culture and context to life.” —Zephyr Teachout“A treasure trove for Sanders fans.” —Liza Featherstone, columnist for Jacobin and The Nation“An insightful exploration of the radical politics that dominated Brooklyn throughout the mid-20th century - politics which have taken root in the borough again in recent years.” —New York State Senator Jabari Brisport