Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans. Chapter 8

Beginning with the decades following the US-Mexican War, Julie Leininger illustrates the strength of mutual aid organizing by US Mexicans for over a century. Chapter 8 elaborates on West/Southwest IAF affiliate One LA-IAF as an example of "Barrio Community Organizing." She argues that Southwest organizing networks provide a much-needed counterweight to the influence of financial contributions in the democratic political process.