An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump's victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy. Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen offer a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo opens with an essential truth: It's not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It's feeling powerless-in this case,…mehr
An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump's victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy. Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé and organizer-scholar Adam Eichen offer a fresh, surprising response to this core crisis. This intergenerational duo opens with an essential truth: It's not the magnitude of a challenge that crushes the human spirit. It's feeling powerless-in this case, fearing that to stand up for democracy is futile. It's not, Lappé and Eichen argue. With riveting stories and little-known evidence, they demystify how we got here, exposing the well-orchestrated effort that has robbed Americans of their rightful power. But at the heart of this unique book are solutions. Even in this divisive time, Americans are uniting across causes and ideologies to create a "canopy of hope" the authors call the Democracy Movement. In this invigorating "movement of movements," millions of Americans are leaving despair behind as they push for and achieve historic change. The movement and democracy itself are vital to us as citizens and fulfill human needs-for power, meaning, and connection-essential to our thriving. In this timely and necessary book, Lappé and Eichen offer proof that courage is contagious in the daring fight for democracy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Frances Moore Lappé, author of the multimillion-selling Diet for a Small Planet and seventeen other books, is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the “Alternative Nobel.” “A small number of people in every generation are forerunners, in thought, action, spirit, who swerve past the barriers of greed and power to hold a torch high for the rest of us. Lappé is one of those.” —Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States Adam Eichen is a member of the Democracy Matters board of directors and a fellow at the Small Planet Institute. He is the co-author, with Frances Moore Lappé, of the new book Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want. He served as the deputy communications director for Democracy Spring.
Inhaltsangabe
OPENING NOTE Why We Had to Write This Book Part I: Rethinking the Crisis CHAPTER ONE What It Will Take CHAPTER TWO Bringing Down the Thought Barriers Part II: Exposing the Roots CHAPTER THREE Manipulating the Mindset CHAPTER FOUR Rigging the Rules Part III: Creating Solutions Together CHAPTER FIVE Democracy’s Calling CHAPTER SIX Meet the Democracy Movement CHAPTER SEVEN Listen Up, America! North Carolina Has a Story to Tell CHAPTER EIGHT The Thrill of Democracy CHAPTER NINE Dare for Democracy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX
OPENING NOTE Why We Had to Write This Book Part I: Rethinking the Crisis CHAPTER ONE What It Will Take CHAPTER TWO Bringing Down the Thought Barriers Part II: Exposing the Roots CHAPTER THREE Manipulating the Mindset CHAPTER FOUR Rigging the Rules Part III: Creating Solutions Together CHAPTER FIVE Democracy’s Calling CHAPTER SIX Meet the Democracy Movement CHAPTER SEVEN Listen Up, America! North Carolina Has a Story to Tell CHAPTER EIGHT The Thrill of Democracy CHAPTER NINE Dare for Democracy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX
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