The Dig: Winning Providence w/ Ben Shanahan
Featuring Ben Shanahan, the architect of socialist David Morales’ victorious campaign to be the Democratic nominee for mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. The Providence left ran a slate of left-wing candidates that not only elected Morales but also swept every single contested city council seat on a platform of capping the rent and building social housing.
Read Dennis Hogan’s essays on the Providence win in n+1 and Dissent:
nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-hi-neighbor-mayor/
dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/david-morales-providence-municipal-socialism/
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