John Curl

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For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in America isbn: 9781604862300 (EPUB), 9781604862294 (MOBI) formats: epub mobi published: 09/2009 pages: 506 price: 16.50 euros

John Curl has been a member of Heartwood Cooperative Woodshop in Berkeley for over thirty years, and has belonged to numerous other cooperatives and collectives. His historical writings include the History of Work Cooperation in America (1980) and Memories of Drop City (2007), his memoir of the 1960s commune movement. He is a translator and biographer of Inca, Maya and Aztec poets in Ancient American Poets (2006). His seven books of poetry include Scorched Birth, Columbus in the Bay of Pigs, and Decade: the 1990s. He is a longtime board member of PEN, chair of West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies, a social activist, and has served as a city planning commissioner.