Publisher's Synopsis
Voting rights are under attack, corporations and the wealthy can spend unlimited sums to influence elections, and Donald Trump is the president despite losing the popular vote. As a result, millions of Americans are feeling a sense of political despair and powerlessness, as though their voices don't matter and America's democratic ideals themselves are being threatened. In this stirring call to action, legendary environmental activist Frances Moore Lappe and political organiser Adam Eichen argue that what America needs is a pro-democracy movement to return power to average citizens. Lappe and Eichen lay out a plan for harnessing the power of a coalition of progressive causes, from labour and environment to good government and racial-justice groups, in order to build broad support for a pro-democracy movement. Democracy, they argue, is possible and necessary. The democracy they're heralding isn't wonky or abstract, but deeply meaningful to individuals, providing a sense of community and agency.
