James Tracy
is an Oakland-based author and organizer. He is the co-author of (Melville House, 2021) and (City Lights, 2020). He is the author of (AK Press, 2014), and serves on the coordinating committee of the Howard Zinn Book Fair. He is the chair of the labor and community studies department at City College of San Francisco, and was co-chair of the 鈥淔ree City鈥� campaign, which made tuition free for most City College of San Francisco students. He has organized with the Eviction Defense Network, Coalition on Homelessness, Community Housing Partnership, Jobs With Justice SF, and his unions. He is a co-founder of the San Francisco Community Land Trust. His articles have appeared in Shelterforce, Race, Poverty, and the Environment, 48 Hills, Maximum Rock and Roll, The Italian-American Review, Contemporary Justice Review, and Punk Planet.
