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Blue Grit |
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Making Impossible, Improbable, and Inspirational Political Change in America
Laura Flanders - Author
Naomi Klein - Foreword by
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| eBook: eReader | 8.26 x 5.23in | 256 pages | ISBN 9781429567480 | 29 Jan 2008 | Penguin |
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A searing attack on the Democrats from one of today's most engaging political voices, and an incisive strategy for victory over the Republican party
Air America Radio host, Laura Flanders, the best-selling author of "Bushwomen," believes there are no such things as "red" and "blue" states. Even in the most surprising places, she's finding progressive change. From Vermont to Salt Lake City to Las Vegas's famous Strip, she journeys through the heartland USA and discovers a simple truth: people don't vote for the GOP because Republicans represent their interests; they vote Republican because Democrats barely field a team.
Adamant, opinionated, funny, and always engaging, Flanders chronicles what she's learned from scores of voters and activists-about how change is happening in Main St. USA, even if it rarely catches the attention of the so-called mainstream media. Mormons defending women's rights, casino owners teaming up with waitresses to raise the minimum wage; blue collar construction workers and lesbian mothers working together to make their workplaces safer and more secure for all. Flanders finds young, supposedly "alienated" Americans, who are driving scores of new voters to the polls.
Fiery polemic, assured narrative, and acute political commentary, Blue Grit will be crucial reading for everyone interested in the future of the Democrats, and this country. Based on Flanders' bottom-up style of journalism, it tells a story of good news: progressives are coming after the conservative establishment with new talent, new ideas, newmedia and new cash, and they have their sights set on building a new progressive movement, whether the Democratic Party is ready or not.
“ With this book as our guide, we can restore the promise of American life.”
—Blanche Wiesen Cook, Ms. Magazine
“ [Flanders] brings to this work enough data, recent history and progressive ideas—as well as wit, style and acerbic charm— to make this required reading for anyone looking to make sure ‘the Democratic party is finally serious’ about a victory for progressives in 2008.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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