03572nam 22005894a 450 991045634800332120200520144314.01-282-29881-X97866122988131-60509-294-0(CKB)2470000000001278(SSID)ssj0000307964(PQKBManifestationID)11274951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307964(PQKBWorkID)10257337(PQKB)11153216(MiAaPQ)EBC771693(CaSebORM)9781605092942(Au-PeEL)EBL771693(CaPaEBR)ebr10315473(CaONFJC)MIL229881(OCoLC)503006725(EXLCZ)99247000000000127820040115d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRegime change begins at home[electronic resource] freeing America from corporate rule /Charles Derber1st ed.San Francisco Berrett-Koehler Publishersc2004ix, 291 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-57675-292-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Since 1980, America has been run by a corporate regime that has co-opted both political parties and shifted sovereignty from "we the people" to trans-national corporations. The result has been job insecurity for millions of workers, debts as far as the eye can see, and a dangerous quest for global domination. Democracy itself has been undermined and the Constitution weakened. This regime must be overturned! And, as Charles Derber demonstrates in his provocative new book, it can be. After all, Derber points out, there have been other corporate regimes in American history, although this latest version is by far the most extreme. Still, the corporate regimes of the Gilded Age and Roaring Twenties were overturned. To create regime change again, it will require bold, creative strategies, uniting progressives and conservatives in a new politics, which Derber outlines in detail. Regime Change Begins at Home exposes the many lies the corporate regime has used to maintain itself throughout its history, from the Cold War to the Iraq war, with a particular emphasis on how the Bush administration has cynically sought to, as Condelezza Rice once put it, "capitalize on the opportunities" presented by 9/11. Derber reveals how the Bush administration has used the so-called "war on terror" to frighten and distract the public. But regime change is possible. In Part III, Derber lays out the vision of a new regime, describing the social movements now fighting to achieve it, and the major new political realignment-one spanning the traditional conservative-liberal divide-that can make it happen. Derber does not minimize the difficulty of the task ahead, but he offers hope and specific, sophisticated, often surprising advice for defeating the regime and returning America to its citizens.Business and politicsUnited StatesCorporate powerUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government2001-2009Electronic books.Business and politicsCorporate power320.973Derber Charles793175MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456348003321Regime change begins at home1945575UNINA