Solidarity Blues Race, Culture, and the American Left

Richard Iton argues that the failure of the American Left lies in its inability to come to grips with the centrality of race in the American experience. By placing the history of the American Left in a comparative context, he broadens the definition to include not just political parties and labor unions but also public policy and popular culture--important sources for the kind of cultural consensus needed to sustain broad social and collectivist efforts.Iton, Richard is the author of 'Solidarity Blues Race, Culture, and the American Left' with ISBN 9780807848470 and ISBN 0807848476.