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How “The People’s Mayor” Saved Public Power

How “The People’s Mayor” Saved Public Power

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How “The People’s Mayor” Saved Public Power

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jul 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

25 years before he first ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, 31-year-old Dennis Kucinich was elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio — at the time, that made him the youngest mayor of a major city in the country. His tenure would be dominated by the fight to prevent the privatization of the city’s public electrical utility, a fight that would pit Kucinich against powerful politicians, the Cleveland Trust bank, and even the mob. Kucinich tells the story of the fight to save Municipal Light in his new book, “The Division of Light and Power.”
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Released:
Jul 2, 2021
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