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Start Making Sense: Turning the Lessons of Election 2004 Into Winning Progressive Politics
Edited by Don Hazen and
Lakshmi Chaudhry of Alternet
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
ISBN: 1931498849
Price: $12.00
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Description:
The first look at the lessons learned from the 2004 election, and an opening salvo from leading American thinkers, writers, and activists on how citizens can begin to deliver U.S. politics from fear and fundamentalism. Start Making Sense brings together the best progressive thinkers, critics, and organizers to explain what went wrong and how we can build a new Democratic Party that best represents and communicates our values and vision for America. It offers new ways to think about organizing, communicating, and investing in the structures and resources required for a truly democratic grassroots movement. This book also outlines a variety of innovative solutions for reaching out to voters who value hope and tolerance over fear.
Contributors include:
Howard Dean Arianna Huffington George Lakoff Jim Hightower Van Jones Amy Goodman Barbara Ehrenreich Thomas Frank Andy Stern Wes Boyd and other leading progressive activists, thinkers, and writers.
About the Editors:
Don Hazenis the executive director of the Independent Media Institute and the executive editor of AlterNet. The former publisher of Mother Jones magazine, he has edited several books, most recently After 9/11: Solutions for a Saner World.
Lakshmi Chaudhry is a senior editor at AlterNet. Previously a staff writer at Wired News, she has written for various publications including Mother Jones, The Village Voice, Bitch, and Ms.Magazine. She is coauthor of AlterNets book, The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq.
AlterNet is a highly acclaimed Internet information source. Since its inception in 1998, it has grown dramatically and now provides free online content to over 1.5 million readers every month. AlterNet is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism. |
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