How to get stupid white men out of office : the anti-politics, un-boring guide to power / edited by Adrienne Maree Brown & William Upski Wimsatt; Davey D ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

brown, adrienne maree.

Wimsatt, William Upski.

Davey D, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

United States.

Social action--United States.

Social action.

Community organization--United States.

Community organization.

Elections--United States.

Elections.

Social change--United States.

Social change.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Soft Skull Press, [2004]

Summary:

Anyone can rant against the current state of American democracy. Anyone can talk trash about politicians, or bemoan the apathy of the electorate. How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office is a guide to getting off one's cynical duff and actually effecting positive change through the electoral process. Editor William Upski Wimsatt created the League of Youth Voters, a political action committee designed to raise awareness amongst younger demographics and support candidates on a country-, state-, and city-wide basis. This book tells the stories of how of these marginalized voters - such as gays, punks, blacks, and Latinos - organized to make the winning difference in contested legislative and electoral races across the country. To prepare readers for the 2004 elections, this book lists potentially close races, provides maps of key swing states and districts, lists 800 people under 35 in office, and examines youth voter turnout and impact.

Contents:

Will Your State Be the Florida of 2004? / William Upski Wimsatt 5

I Hate Politics: Confessions of a Pleasure Activist / Adrienne Maree Brown 18

Part 1 How We Got Our People Into Office

1. The Hip-Hop Generation's Deputy Mayor (Newark, NJ) / Yahonnes Cleary 28

2. The Tammy Baldwin Story (Madison, WI) / Adam Klaus 35

3. Sweatshops, Hip-Hop, and A Whole Lot Of People For Grijalva (Tuscon, AZ) / Marisol Enyart 42

Political Sex Survey: Marisol Enyart 46

4. Two Greens (David Segal, Providence, RI & Jason West, New Paltz, NY) / Miriam Markowitz 47

5. The Liberated Logan Square (Chicago, IL) / Alejandra Ibanez, Amanda Klonsky 52

6. How We Fired Our Mayor in the Dirty South (Selma, AL) / William Upski Wimsatt 58

7. Georgia State Representative Alisha Thomas (Cobb County, GA) / William Upski Wimsatt 63

8. The Spark and the Gas Money: Indian Country Explodes (Pine Ridge, SD) / Kari Lyderson 67

Part 2 How We Got Our People to Vote

9. Boston Vote, Baby! What! (Boston, MA) / Malia Lazu, Seth Donley 74

Political Sex Survey: Malia Lazu 78

10. Get on the Bus! (Portland, OR) / Adam J. Smith 79

11. Wellstone's Secret Weapons (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN) / Mattie Weiss 85

Political Sex Survey: Mattie Weiss 96

12. Aya de Leon is Running for President! (Puerto Rico! Ho!) / Aya de Leon 98

Political Sex Survey: Aya de Leon 103

Part 3 "Honey, We Got ISSUES!!" How We Changed the Laws

13. Students vs. Court of Public Opinion (Ann Arbor, MI) / Monique Luse, Jackie Bray, Michelle Lin 106

Political Sex Survey: Jackie Bray 117

14. Dirty Politics and T'ai Chi (Albuquerque, NM) / Eli Il Yong Lee 119

15. Justice 4 Youth (New York, NY) / Piper Anderson 126

Political Sex Survey: Piper Anderson 131

PLUS: "We Got Issues!" by the Next Wave of Women in Power 132

16. Dancing All the Way to City Hall (Seattle, WA) / Alison Byrne Fields 134

17. How We Defended Our Homes with Prop EE (Oakland, CA) / Bouapha Toommaly 141

Political Sex Survey: Bouapha Toommaly 145

18. I Served My Time

Let Me Vote! (Florida, God-Damn!) / Robin Templeton 147

19. Takin' It Back to the Old School (New Mexico) / Alma Rosa Silva-Banuelos 151

Political Sex Survey: Alma Rosa Silva-Banuelos 155

Part 4 Pimping Satellites for Change: How We Freaked It on the Internet

20. Free Advice for the Democrats: You Need a Whole New Strategy: An Interview with Davey D 158

Political Sex Survey: Davey D 163

PLUS: Move the Crowd: Inside the National Hip-Hop Convention / Cherryl Aldave 164

21. How a Twenty-One-Year-Old Revolutionized the Internet (Cyberspace, MoFo!) / Andrew Boyd 167

PLUS: Beyond Our Borders

South Africa and Brazil / Mattie Weiss 173

22. Smart Mobs for President (South Korea) / Annie Koh 175

Political Sex Survey: Annie Koh 183

23. The League of Pissed-Off Voters and You (Your Town, USA) 184.

Notes:

Cover title.

ISBN:

1932360085

9781932360080

OCLC:

54374473