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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocracy In Chains - riveting - and I only read the reviews
Of course the Author has her critics..and you should read them as well - you decide with everything we know right now....will make you pause....(I am not selling this book - only bringing the concept to you) I will bet, too, you already know this material..we are living thru it -
A DU member last night who started this discussion needs to be commended....and I understand that publishers sell books -
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533763/democracy-in-chains-by-nancy-maclean/9781101980965
....snip....
[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right . . . The Atlantic
This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains. . . . If youre worried about what all this means for Americas future, you should be NPR
Riveting O, The Oprah Magazine (Top 20 Books to Read This Summer)
An explosive exposé of the rights relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution.
Behind todays headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots. The capitalist radical right has been working not simply to change who rules, but to fundamentally alter the rules of democratic governance.
You decide what to make of all this.....be well all..and tks to very smart DU members....
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)this hard for several weeks
Saw her on Amy Goodman
Scary is not the word!
My posts doesn't go far back enough but
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9329658
Thanks for posting
Somebody told steph miller about this, but she blew him off
MacLean needs to get on regular tv
Soon!!!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)is available...thank you for all you do..when this information is on the tracks, and going at light speed we should start to see some movement...
The field of expertise in this arena - come one and ALL to thee airwaves.....
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)flying_wahini
(6,594 posts)Yes, it is that good.