Act Locally

INDUSTRIAL COUNTERCULTURE I arrived Berkeley in 1971, and found a small place in a housing co-op on Channing Way, in a little addition behind the main house. It was perfect for us, a family of three. I made contact with a construction collective called Build, and...

Tom Bates and the Secret Government of Berkeley by John Curl An article about the domination of developers over the once-radically innovative city of Berkeley, California and the role of Mayor Tom Bates, a career politician, in bringing that about. The article follows...