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Fred Stafford

Fred Stafford is a STEM professional on the Left. His writing on public power and infrastructure has appeared in <em>Jacobin</em>.

The Utility of Utilities

The Utility of Utilities

Climate activists are no fans of electric utilities. But the market-based alternatives that they often prefer—for rolling out renewable technologies faster than utilities—will not deliver infrastructural change at the scale we need.

Big Public Power from the River

Big Public Power from the River

The Tennessee Valley Authority was about more than electrification. It was a complex project of building state and public planning capacity geared toward rapid ecological restoration of the entire region. For impoverished farmers, it was nothing short of life changing.

Big Public Power from the Atom

Big Public Power from the Atom

Big public power in the last century applied the elemental potential of water toward social ends. The big public power of tomorrow should revolve around the elemental potential of the atom.

Why the CCC is DOA

Why the CCC is DOA

Sunrise’s Civilian Climate Corps is a strong proposal. It’s a shame that the class struggle orientation needed to realize it is wholly absent.