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This article draws on fieldwork in the majority Latinx (gender-neutral Latinos/as) rust-belt city of Reading and the majority white suburbs and rural towns of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, where three social movement groups are forging a left/liberal alignment. A history of uneven economic and social development in Reading/Berks underlies current divisions that confront the social movement organizations. Scholars grapple with bringing capital's non-waged and marginalized "others" into class analysis, and they remap class stuggles to account for capital's many laborers. The article proposes to apprehend how class is formed by combining difference, in the medium of time, and through political struggle. It explores the hidden relations among diverse populations and highlights the political moments that bring those connections to the fore at a specific historical conjuncture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Keywords: community organizations; elections; radicalism; politics; social movements EN community organizations elections radicalism politics social movements 32 40 9 02/20/21 20210101 NES 210101 Graph: Sharryn KasmirYouth leaders of the March Against White Supremacy address protesters on July 8, 2020, in front of City Hall, Reading, Pennsylvania. The recent trajectory of progressive political capacity in both Reading and Berks County, including the consolidation of a radical reformist position, offers a window on trends nationwide.[4] About Reading and Berks Reading is a rust-belt city of row homes and red brick factories and warehouses. 8 Steve Striffler, "The Left, Labour, and the Future of U.S. Radicalism: The Struggle for Immigrant Rights", I New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry i 7, no. 1 (2014): 6-15. 9 Penn State Berks, "Through the Eyes of Local African Americans: Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement in Reading and Berks", available at https://sites.psu.edu/localhistories/books/african-american/. [Extracted from the article]

The author comments on the article by Alice Bryer concerning the politics of social economy. The author says that the empirical investigation on empresas recuperadas (ERs) conducted by Bryer in Argentina has revealed the struggle of the people to think about the concept of value in different ways despite the capitalism's dominance. She adds that Bryer's article has set various relevant questions, such as one on the connections of cooperatives with other social movements.