How the left can win arguments and influence people : : a tactical manual for pragmatic progressives / / John K. Wilson.

• Superior document: Critical America Series
• Author: Wilson, John K., 1969-
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Critical America Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 the free market. And yet Americans believe deeply in progressive ideas. In fact, progressivism has long been a powerful force in the American psyche. Consider that a mere generation ago the struggle for environmentally sound policies, for women's rights, and for racial equality were fringe movement

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; 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

10 Making Crime a Progressive Issue11 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