The Lefts Surging Urban Activism

Published: Sept. 11, 2019, 12:05 p.m.

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City Journal\\xa0contributing editor\\xa0Christopher Rufo\\xa0joins\\xa0Brian Anderson\\xa0to discuss an increasingly influential progressive faction in many cities\\u2014one that seeks to rebuild the urban environment to achieve a wide range of environmentalist and social-justice goals.

According to Rufo, these "New Left urbanists" rally around controversial (and often dubious) ideas like banning cars and constructing new public housing projects. While all urban residents want to improve their city\'s quality-of-life, radical left-wing policies aren\\u2019t the way to get there.

Check out Howard Husock\'s new book,\\xa0Who Killed Civil Society?\\xa0(available now).

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