The Political Economy of California

Edited by Bill Barclay, Peg Strobel, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense Collective

The Political Economy of California cover
Date of publication:
December 2024
ISBN:
978-1-939402-94-3
Pages:
222
Price:
$35.50


  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1—The Big Picture
    • 1.1 Wage Laborers in California’s “Factories in the Field” Bill Barclay
    • 1.2 Exporting Water in the Era of Climate Cataclysm Bill Barclay
    • 1.3. California’s Imperial Valley Bill Barclay
    • 1.4 Silicon Valley Fractures James M. Cypher
    • 1.5 The “Blue-ing” of California Harold Meyerson
  • Chapter 2—California in the Global Political Economy
    • 2.1 Migration, Labor, and U.S. Policy David Bacon
    • 2.2 “Migration Is a Form of Fighting Back” David Bacon
    • 2.3 Mixing Oil and Water Bill Barclay
    • 2.4 Getting Stuff From Here to There Bill Barclay
    • 2.5 Richmond’s Progressive Alliance Has Won Elections and Made City Hall Better for 20 Years Steve Early
  • Chapter 3—Laboring in the Golden State
    • 3.1 How Filipino Migrants Gave the Grape Strike Its Radical Politics David Bacon
    • 3.2 What Happened to the Flower Carriers? David Bacon
    • 3.3 The Fight for $20 and a Union Martin J. Bennett
    • 3.4 The Fight for $20 and a Union Lin Nelson
    • 3.5 Why Celebrities, Actors, Writers, and Artists Fear AI Leslie Alan Horvitz
  • Chapter 4—A Force for Change
  • Excerpts from a compic book from the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund Illustrated by Audrey Chan
  • Chapter 5—Silicon Valley, Big Tech, and the Future
    • 5.1 AI and the Future of Work Robert Ovetz
    • 5.2 Rebooting Big Tech Rob Larson
    • 5.3 Neutralized Rob Larson
    • 5.4 Serfing the Internet Zoe Sherman
  • Chapter 6—Health, Housing, and Education
    • 6.1 Private Equity Is Destroying America’s Health Care System Steve Tarzynski
    • 6.2 The Political Economy of Rent Control Stephen Barton
    • 6.3 California’s “Yimbys” Zelda Bronstein
    • 6.4 UC’s Strike-Busting Over Palestine Protests Hassan Farhat and Michael Wasney
  • Chapter 7—The Mega-Metropolis: Making Los Angeles Sustainable
    • 7.1 Financing an Equitable Economy in Los Angeles Jane Paul
    • 7.2 Workplace Solidarity in the Equitable Economy Jane Paul
    • 7.3 Hope for Housing in California’s Equitable Economy Jane Paul
    • 7.4 Intercommunalism Mixtape Yvonne Yen Liu
  • Epilogue: The Epic Precedent
  • Contributors