The Pitchfork

A list of suggested readings I drew up a while ago for political education purposes inside the San Antonio Progressive Alliance  reprinted here for public consumption. Vaguely in order of relevance. Refinery Town by Steve Early. A readable account of the Richmond Progressive Alliance in the context of the history of the city and the fight against the dominance of the oil industry. For obvious SAPA inspiration reasons as an independent political organization of the local left.  The Illusion of Inclusion: the Untold Political Story of San Antonio by Rudy Rosales. A political history of San Antonio told against the backdrop of class and race dynamics. A good account of the rise and fall of the Good Government League, the pro-business, white-dominated de facto party that controlled local politics until Latino community and political organizing forced changes in the 1970s. Solid sections on COPS/Metro, the Committee for the Betterment of the Barrio, and the local Chicano mo