How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People : a Tactical Manual for Pragmatic Progressives.

If we were to rely on what the pundits and politicians tell us, we would have to conclude that America is a deeply conservative nation. Americans, we hear constantly, detest government, demand lower taxes and the end of welfare, and favor the death penalty, prayer in school, and an absolute faith in...

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Main Author: Wilson, John K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2000.
Series:Critical America.
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505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Progressive Majority: How the Left GotLeft Behind -- 1 The Death of Socialism -- 2 The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (and Why the Left-WingNeeds One, Too) -- 3 The Failure of Centrism and the Fall of the Democratic Party -- 4 Polls: The Circle of Lies -- 5 The Politics of Money: Campaign Financing and One Dollar, One Vote -- 6 The Myth of the Liberal Media: How the PressAttacks Progressives -- 7 The Globalization Wars: How the Left Won (and Lost) the"Battle in Seattle" -- 8 Pragmatic Progressives -- 9 Talking Tax Cuts: Lowering Taxes on the Poor. 
505 8 |a 10 Making Crime a Progressive Issue -- 11 Winning the Culture Wars -- 12 Equality for Every Child: Reforming Education -- 13 Fighting the Union Label: Labor on the Left -- 14 The Race for Justice: Defending Affirmative Action -- 15 Universal Health Care -- 16 Greener Politics: Progressives and the Environment -- 17 Why We Need Welfare and How to Change It -- 18 Ending Corporate Welfare As We Know It -- 19 The Defense Industry: How to Protect America byCutting the Military -- 20 Saving Social Security -- 21 The Future of Progressives: Generation Left -- About the Author. 
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