What We Do Now : Standing up for Your Values in Trump's America

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910159456603321
• Autore: Johnson Dennis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: , : Melville House, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (130 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): MeriansValerie
• Disciplina: 320.973090512
• Soggetti: Presidents - United States - Election - 2016; Political participation - United States; Liberals - Political activity - United States; Progressivism (United States politics) - Political activity; Presidents - U.S - Election - 2016; Political culture - United States; United States Politics and government 2009-2017; United States Politics and government 2017-; United States Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / by Dennis Johnson -- ; 1. Setting a new liberal agenda. Where do we go from here? / Bernie Sanders ; Remarks to the AFL-CIO Executive Council / Elizabeth Warren ; ; The Way to stop Trump / David Cole -- ; 2. Racial justice. Evolving Trump's America into the other America we love / Cornell William Brooks ; White people: what is your plan for the Trump presidency? / Brittany Packnett -- ; 3. Immigration. We are all emigrants / Ilhan Omar ; Undocumented and #HereToStay / Cristina Jiménez -- ; 4. Women's rights. Welcome to the resistance! / Gloria Steinem ; Now is the time to double down on women's leadership / Ilyse Hogue -- ; 5. Civil liberties. We will defend the Constitution against President Trump / Anthony D. Romero ; How to combat Donald Trump's dangerous threats to a free press / Trevor Timm -- ; 6. Climate change. Donald Trump is betting against all odds on climate change / Bill McKibben ; Protecting our planet / Michael Brune -- ; 7. ; Religious freedom. ; The Ultimate wake-up call / Linda Sarsour ; Post-election sermon / Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum ; How our fear can be turned into a powerful movement / M. Dove Kent -- ; 8. Economics. Thoughts for the horrified / Paul Krugman ; ; The First 100 days resistance agenda / Robert B. Reich ; How to make blue states blue again / John R. MacArthur -- ; 9. LGBTQ rights. You are not alone / Rea Carey ; Fighting forward / Mara Keisling -- ; 10. Media. Media malpractice 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel ; On polls, the media, and rebuilding the Democratic Party / Allan J. Lichtman ; ; The Braindead megaphone / George Saunders -- ; 11. Reframing the message. What the media can do / George Lakoff ; Artists and social justice 2016-2020 / Nato Thompson -- Coda. None of the old rules apply: travels through post-election America / Dave Eggers.
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays by progressive leaders suggest actual strategies on how to move forward in resistance to a Trump administration.