Steve Early

labor journalist and organizer

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Steve Early has been a labor journalist, organizer and union representative for over forty years. He is the author of Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City.

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In his introduction to a new book  Refinery Town , Senator Bernie Sanders says, "We need more cities like Richmond, California."

Lessons for activists from a California 'refinery town'

In his introduction to a new book Refinery Town , Senator Bernie Sanders says, "We need more cities like Richmond, California."

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