The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party
Author :
Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 305
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781788737425
ISBN-13 : 1788737423
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party by : John Nichols

Download or read book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party written by John Nichols and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting fascism at home and abroad begins with the consolidation of a progressive politics Seventy-five years ago, Henry Wallace, then the sitting Vice President of the United States, mounted a campaign to warn about the persisting "Danger of American Fascism." As fighting in the European and Japanese theaters drew to a close, Wallace warned that the country may win the war and lose the piece; that the fascist threat that the U.S. was battling abroad had a terrifying domestic variant, growing rapidly in power: wealthy corporatists and their allies in the media. Wallace warned that if the New Deal project was not renewed and expanded in the post-war era, American fascists would use fear mongering, xenophonbia, and racism to regain the economic and political power that they lost. He championed an alternative, progressive vision of a post-war world-an alternative to triumphalist "American Century" vision then rising--in which the United States rejected colonialism and imperialism. Wallace's political vision - as well as his standing in the Democratic Party - were quickly sidelined. In the decades to come, other progressive forces would mount similar campaigns: George McGovern and Jesse Jackson more prominently. As John Nichols chronicles in this book, they ultimately failed - a warning to would-be reformers today - but their successive efforts provide us with insights into the nature of the Democratic Party, and a strategic script for the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.


The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Related Books

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: John Nichols
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: Verso Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Fighting fascism at home and abroad begins with the consolidation of a progressive politics Seventy-five years ago, Henry Wallace, then the sitting Vice Preside
Battle for the Soul
Language: en
Pages: 545
Authors: Edward-Isaac Dovere
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-31 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An award-winning political journalist for The Atlantic tells the inside story of how the embattled Democratic Party, seeking a direction for its future during t
Kennedy vs. Carter
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Timothy Stanley
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-02 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The late Edward Kennedy's liberal credentials were unimpeachable, and perhaps never as much on display as when he challenged incumbent Jimmy Carter for the pres
American Dreamer: A Life of Henry A. Wallace
Language: en
Pages: 702
Authors: John C. Culver
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-09-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman—loved and reviled, and finally now revealed. The great politician, agriculturalist,
Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Glenn Hurowitz
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Coming just in time for election season, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party chronicles the extraordinary stories of five politicians and activists: three