The Dichotomy of Election Politics in Oakland

Sherri-Ann: Being a small and rural area, there's a lot more poverty here. And so those material conditions lead to a lot of differences between urban and rural areas. Most of the opposition that we've faced has not been from the city, but from grassroots initiatives. Mia: The police are still demonstrate an unwillingness to attack their own community in the way that far-right politicians would want them to.