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Book SynopsisU.S. Politics in an Age of Uncertainty takes on the measure of the Democratic Party and mainstream liberal organisations, which have shown themselves to be completely inadequate in addressing the key questions facing working people today. Sharon Smith, Mike Davis, Charlie Post, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and other prominent socialist thinkers and activists provide concrete strategies for fighting against Trump.
Trade Review“To successfully wage political struggles, we must first understand the terrain on which we stand. This collection contains everything we need to understand the world that gave us Trump, and to arm ourselves for the battles to come.”—Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt. “This brilliant collection shows how the dismal neoliberalism of the corporate Democrats combined with the dark genius of the right to put a malignantly narcissistic, racist, sexist, and nativist white-nationalist mogul in the White House. The contributors point the way to an independent and genuinely Left politics beyond what contributor Nancy Fraser rightly calls "the Hobson's choice between reactionary populism and progressive neoliberalism.” —Paul Street, author of They Rule: The 1 Percent v. Democracy Praise for The Democrats: “Lance Selfa’s The Democrats reveals the many ways in which the establishment Democratic Party has not just dashed progressive hopes over centuries but served as a distraction from the desperately needed business of making real change in this country. Writing dismal history like this is dirty work, but somebody’s got to do it and Selfa’s straight talk actually lifts one’s spirits.”—Laura Flanders, host of The Laura Flanders Show
