{"product_id":"communists-and-community-1","title":"Communists and Community","description":"\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\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","brand":"Ryan S. Pettengill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43571922436278,"sku":"9781439919057","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781439919057_dbaa1ea3-dcf9-4ae7-9ef1-4815ef708499.jpg?v=1727783417","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/communists-and-community-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}