Hidden power what you need to know to save our democracy - Derber, Charles (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-310) and index
Introduction: Who Really Rules America -- - American Regimes -- - The Powers That Be -- - The Rules of Change -- - Cracks in the Regime -- - Black Magic -- - Fascism Lite -- - The American Recipe for Change -- - What's the Matter with the Democrats? -- - A Cure for the Blues -- - Saving Democracy -- - What You Can Do Now -- - Organizations to Join -- - Magazines
America has been run as a corporate regime for several years -- a merger of big business and government that makes profits more important than human rights and erodes the democratic tradition. Costly wars abroad, a national debt that grows exponentially year after year, and the inability to deliver stable work and essential social services are undermining the legitimacy of the regime -- opening the door to a new period of regime change. Today, new grass roots progressive movements are mobilizing, becoming a catalyst for change. In "Hidden Power, author Charles Derber shows how these movements