Haymarket Books
Democrats: A Critical History (Updated Edition) (Revised, Updated)
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Author: Lance Selfa
ISBN: 9781608461929
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Revised
Number of Pages: 260
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:
Offering a broad historical perspective, Selfa shows how the Democratic Party has time and again betrayed the aspirations of ordinary people while pursuing an agenda favorable to Wall Street and U.S. imperial ambitions.
He examines the relationship between party leaders and social movements, from the civil rights struggle to the movement to end the Iraq war; reveals the unhappy marriage between U.S. labor and the "party of the people;" and assesses the mixed record of attempts to build a third party alternative.
Further, Selfa argues that the Democrats' record of backing the rich and breaking promises to its voting base is not a recent departure from an otherwise laudable past, but results from its role as one of two parties serving the interests of the U.S. establishment.
