How the rural poor got power : narrative of a grass-roots organizer

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How the rural poor got power : narrative of a grass-roots organizer

Paul Wellstone ; forewords by Frances Fox Piven and Robert Coles

University of Minnesota Press, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227)

""Foreword to the 2003 edition" copyright 2003 by Frances Fox Piven"-- t. p. verso

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Wellstone's first book, published in 1978 when he was a professor at Carleton College in MN. Describes Wellstone's grassroots work with OBRC (Organization for a Better Rice Country) which helped poor people gain a political voice to get better health and welfare benefits.

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