Sandeep Vaheesan is the legal director of the Open Markets Institute and author of the forthcoming book Democracy in Power (under contract with the University of Chicago Press).
In a new interview, Sandeep Vaheesan discusses his book Democracy in Power and the history of America’s electrification, showing how organizers can build support for public power and public utilities during hostile times.
Earlier this month, Maine’s voters rejected a referendum for publicly owned energy after a disinformation campaign led by the energy lobby. But in the US, ordinary people have beaten these interests in the past, and they can do so again.