From Saul Alinksy to Brandon Johnson and Beyond: Unpacking the History of the Organizer's Role
Dr. Clément Petitjean is Maître de Conférences at L’Université de Paris-1 (in English: The Sorbonne). His new book Occupation: Organizer, A Critical History of Community Organizing in America (Haymarket 2023) examines the paradoxical professionalization of the activist’s role in Chicago and other U.S. cities.