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American apocalypse : the six far-right groups waging war on democracy / by Steinzor, Rena,Author(DLC)n 2005010537;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Origin stories -- Corporations -- Tea Party -- Federalist Society -- Fox News -- White evangelicals -- Militia -- The left -- Solutions."A thorough analysis of the right-wing interests contributing to the downfall of American democracy. The war on American democracy is at a fever pitch. Such a corrosive state of affairs did not arise spontaneously up from the people but instead was pushed, top-down, by six private sector special interest groups--big business, the House Freedom Caucus, the Federalist Society, Fox News, white evangelicals, and armed militias. In American Apocalypse Rena Steinzor argues that these groups are nothing more than well-financed armies fighting a battle of attrition against the national government, with power, money, and fame as their central motivations. The book begins at the end of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, when the modern regulatory state was born. Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration ensured that everything from our air to our medicine was safe. But efforts to thwart this 'big government' agenda began swiftly, albeit in the shadows. Business leaders built a multi-billion dollar presence in the Capitol, and the rest of the six interest groups soon followed. While the groups do not coordinate their attacks, and sometimes their short-term goals even conflict, their priorities fall within a surprisingly tight bullseye: the size and power of the administrative state. In the near-term, their campaigns will bring the crucial functions of government to a halt, which will lead to immediate suffering by the working classes, and a rapid deterioration of race relations. Over the long-term, as the prevalence of global pandemics and climate crises increase, an incapacitated national government will usher in unimaginable harm. This book is the first to conceptualize these groups together, as one deconstructive and awe-inspiring force. Steinzor delves into each of their histories, mapping the strategies, tactics, and characteristics that make them so powerful. She offers the most comprehensive story available about the downfall of American democracy, reminding us that only by recognizing what we are up against can we hope to bring about change"--.

Subjects: Democracy; Right-wing extremists; Right and left (Political science); Pressure groups;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The digital republic : on freedom and democracy in the 21st century / by Susskind, Jamie,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (311-434) and index."Not long ago, the tech industry was widely admired, and the Internet was regarded as a tonic for freedom and democracy. Not anymore. Every day, the headlines blaze with reports of racist algorithms, data leaks, and social media platforms festering with falsehood and hate. In The Digital Republic, acclaimed author Jamie Susskind argues that these problems are not the fault of a few bad apples at the top of the industry. They are the result of our failure to govern technology properly. The Digital Republic charts a new course. It offers a plan for the digital age: new legal standards, new public bodies and institutions, new duties on platforms, new rights and regulators, new codes of conduct for people in the tech industry. Inspired by the great political essays of the past, and steeped in the traditions of republican thought, it offers a vision of a different type of society: a digital republic in which human and technological flourishing go hand in hand." --

Subjects: Digital electronics; Political science; Democracy.; Technology; Technological innovations; Technology and state.; Privacy, Right of.; Internet; Data protection;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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The right of the people : democracy and the case for a new American founding / by Nwanevu, Osita,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-344) and index.Frustrated with our political dysfunction, wearied by the thinness of contemporary political discourse, and troubled by the rise of anti-democratic attitudes across the political spectrum, journalist Osita Nwanevu has spent the Trump era examining the very meaning of democracy in search of answers to questions many have asked in the wake of the 2024 election: Are our institutions fundamentally broken? How can a country so divided govern itself? Does democracy even work as well as we believe? The Right of the People offers us challenging answers: while democracy remains vital, American democracy is an illusion we must make real by transforming not only our political institutions but the American economy. In a text that spans democratic theory, the American Founding, our aging political system, and the dizzying inequalities of our new Gilded Age, Nwanevu makes a visionary case for a political and economic agenda to fulfill the promise of American democracy and revive faith in the American project.

Subjects: Informational works.; Instructional and educational works.; Democracy; Political culture; Political science; Democracy; Democracy;

Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10

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Pay 2 play [videorecording] : Democracy's high stakes / by Ennis, John Wellington,1973-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Public Interest Pictures (Firm),production company.; Shoot First, Inc. (Firm),production company.; Disinformation Company,film distributor.;

DVD ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.Not rated.Robert Reich, John Nichols, Lawrence Lessig, Noam Chomsky, Van Jones, Marianne Williamson, Jack Abramoff, Marge Baker, Jerry Springer, Mark Crispin Miller, Brad Friedman, Lee Fang, Jason Leopold, Thom Hartmann, Jessica Levinson, Rashad Robinson, Bob Edgar, Kathay Feng, Rob Weissman.Editor, Vivian Umino ; music, Dorian Cheah.If our political system is like a game of Monopoly, how can outsiders have a voice when only money speaks? John Ennis documents comical corruption, follows political newcomers, and uncovers intrigue in this colorful journey that connects the dots of Big Money in our ever-challenging election process.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Comedy films.; Monopoly (Game); Democracy; Political science.; Political campaigns.; Corporations, American; Corporations, American;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Where we go from here : two years in the resistance / by Sanders, Bernard,author.(CARDINAL)346472;

The Democratic presidential candidate, popular senator, and respected economist traces the first year of the Trump administration and what Sanders and his followers are doing to reinforce the progressive movement."In [this book], bestselling author Bernie Sanders chronicles the day-by-day struggles that he and his progressive colleagues have waged over the last two years in the light against Donald Trump's reactionary agenda and for a government that works for all, not just wealthy campaign contributors. At home, Sanders has helped lead the fight for Medicare for all, fought for workers desperate for higher wages, and supported immigrants in the DACA program and children affected by gun violence. He has stood with the people of Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria, as well as veterans, teachers, the incarcerated, the persecuted, and all those who are too often ignored by Washington. Abroad, his voice has been clear that we need a foreign policy that strives for peace--not war--and international cooperation to address the crisis of climate change. The good news is we're making progress. People all across America are standing up to the most dishonest and reactionary president in our history. They're taking on establishment politicians who've turned a blind eye to the concerns of everyday citizens. They're fighting back against the oligarchs of Wall Street, who would happily see our children do worse than their parents as long as the Dow does better. And the general public continually demonstrates that we are more united than the media would allow us to believe, and what we agree on are largely progressive ideals. Maintaining a vibrant democracy has never been easy and in these dangerous and unprecedented times, it has been more difficult than ever. Bernie Sanders shows, however, that we can repair the damage Trump has done and create a nation based on the principles of economic, social, racial, and environmental justice."--Jacket.June 14, 2016 : Meeting with Hillary Clinton -- July 9, 2016 : The most progressive political platform in U.S. history -- July 26, 2016 : The Democratic Convention -- August 24, 2016 : Our revolution is formally launched -- September 5, 2016 : On the campaign trail for Clinton -- October 17, 2016 : Taking on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry -- November 8, 2016 : Election night -- November 16, 2016 : Part of the Democratic Senate leadership -- January 15, 2017 : Saving the Affordable Care Act -- January 20, 2017 : Inauguration day -- February 28, 2017 : A new way to communicate -- April 26, 2017 : Introducing the $15-an-hour minimum-wage bill -- May 31, 2017 : Off to Germany, England and Ireland -- September 21, 2017 : A progressive foreign policy -- October 27, 2017 : I visit Puerto Rico -- December 19, 2017 : The looting of the federal treasury -- January 23, 2018 : We take Medicare For All directly to the people -- January 31, 2018 : The biggest challenge -- February 15, 2018 : An ugly day in the senate -- February 16, 2018 : More children killed by guns -- February 23, 2018 : On the road again -- March 11, 2018 : Politics and baseball -- March 23, 2018 : A hell of a two weeks -- April 3, 2018 : Remembering Dr. King -- April 13, 2018 : The political revolution is looking great -- April 16, 2018 : Jumping into controversy -- April 19, 2018 : The fight for a moral economy -- May 4, 2018 : Criminal justice, politics, and Pennsylvania -- May 18, 2018 : A busy weekend in Vermont -- May 20, 2018 : Doing the Sunday news shows -- May 28, 2018 : Running for reelection to the U.S. Senate -- June 2, 2018 : Taking on Disney -- June 26, 2018 : A good election night -- July 11, 2018 : The Supreme Court matters -- July 19, 2018 : Trump embarrasses America (again) -- July 22, 2018 : Which way forward? -- July 27, 2018 : A step forward for economic justice -- August 25, 2018 : Reforming the Democratic Party -- Where we go from here.

Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Sanders, Bernard; Progressivism (United States politics); Opposition (Political science); Democracy;

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If you can keep it : the forgotten promise of American liberty / by Metaxas, Eric,author.(CARDINAL)347674;

Includes bibliographical references (259-260).The promise -- The idea of America -- The golden triangle of freedom -- "The wonder of the age" -- Venerating our heroes -- The importance of moral leaders -- "The almost chosen people" -- Loving America -- This is America.Eric Metaxas offers a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a sobering reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless people truly understand what their founding fathers meant for them to be. The book includes a stirring call-to-action for every American to understand the ideals behind the 'noble experiment in ordered liberty' that is America. It also paints a vivid picture of the tremendous fragility of that experiment and explains why that fragility has been dangerously forgotten - and in doing so it lays out our own responsibility to live those ideals and carry on those freedoms. Metaxas believes America is not a nation bounded by ethnic identity or geography, but rather by a radical and unprecedented idea, based upon liberty and freedom.

Subjects: Liberty.; Founding Fathers of the United States.; Liberty; Democracy; Political science.;

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Reason, social myths, and democracy / by Hook, Sidney,1902-1989.(CARDINAL)151169;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969.; Lerner, Max, 1902-1992.; Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973.; Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.; Democracy.; Dialectic.; Science; Social sciences.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Common sense : a political history / by Rosenfeld, Sophia A.(CARDINAL)686346;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The ghost of common sense: London, 1688-1739 -- Everyman's perception of the world: Aberdeen, 1758-1770 -- The radical uses of bon sens: Amsterdam, 1760-1775 -- Building a common sense republic: Philadelphia, 1776 -- Making war on revolutionary reason: Paris, 1790-1792 -- Konigsberg to New York: the fate of common sense in the modern world.

Subjects: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.; Democracy; Political science;

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The revenge of power : how autocrats are reinventing politics for the 21st century / by Naím, Moisés,author.(CARDINAL)750201;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Moisaes Naaim's The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming aroundthe world. In his New York Times bestselling book The End of Power, Moisaes Naaim examined power-diluting forces. In The Revenge of Power, Naaim turns to the trends, conditions, and behaviors that are contributing to the concentration of power, and to the clash between those the forces that weaken power and those that strengthen it. He concentrates on the three "P"s-populism, polarization, and post-truths. All of which are as old as time, but are combined by today's autocrats to undermine democratic lifein new and frightening ways. Power has not changed. But the way people go about gaining it and using it has been transformed. The Revenge of Power connects the dots between global events and political tactics that, when taken together, show a profound and often stealthy transformation in power and politics worldwide. Using the best available data and insights taken from recent research in the social sciences, Naaim reveals how, on close examination, the same set of strategies to consolidate power pop upagain and again in places with vastly different political, economic, and social circumstances, and offers insights about what can be done to ensure that freedom and democracy prevail. The outcomes of these battles for power will determine if our future will be more autocratic or more democratic. These outcomes will, in turn, depend on the capacity of our democracies to survive the attacks and dirty tricks of autocratic leaders bent on weakening the checks and balances that limit their power. Naaim addresses the questions at the heart of the matter: What are, in practice, those attacks and tricks? Why is power concentrating in some places while in others it is fragmenting and degrading? And the big question: What is the future of freedom?"--

Subjects: Power (Social sciences); Polarization (Social sciences); Truthfulness and falsehood; Populism.; Democracy.;

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Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy / by Jentleson, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)846849;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-300) and index.Introduction: The little harm thesis -- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come -- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter -- Conclusion: How to save the Senate."An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule. As Jentleson shows, since the 1950s, a free-flowing body of relative equals has devolved into a rigidly hierarchical, polarized institution, with both Democrats and Republicans to blame. The current GOP has merely used the methods pioneered by its predecessors, though to newly extreme ends. In a work for readers of How Democracies Die and even Master of the Senate, Jentleson makes clear that, without a reevaluation of Senate practices--starting with ending the filibuster--we face the prospect of permanent minority rule in America"--

Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate.; Representative government and representation; Proportional representation; Democracy; Filibusters (Political science);

Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 20

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