Regime change begins at home : freeing America from corporate rule / Charles Derber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derber, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business and politics--United States.

Business and politics.

Corporate power--United States.

Corporate power.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 291 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

TO ELENA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: WHEN BAD REGIMES HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE

MEET DAVID BILLINGSLY

PART I: THE CORPORATE REGIME

CHAPTER 1: THE SINS OF THE REGIME

CHAPTER 2: SNOOZING, TIPPING, AND WAKING UP

REGIME CHANGE WITH BALLOTS

SNOOZE ELECTIONS

TIPPING BUT NOT TOPPLING

CHAPTER 3: NORMAL POLITICS ♦ ♦ ♦ NOT!

RULE 1: EMBRACE DEFEAT

RULE 2: PLAY OFFENSE, THINK BIG

RULE 3: MAKE YOUR PARTY A SOCIAL MOVEMENT

RULE 4: IT'S ALL ABOUT CREDIBILITY

PART II: Extreme Regime

CHAPTER 4: MARRY YOUR ENEMY

BAD FAITH AT BIRTH: THE REGIME AND THE EVIL EMPIRE

THE ODD COUPLE: WHY BUSH NEEDS BIN LADEN

THE BUSH REVOLUTION FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH

CHAPTER 5: DOG-WAGGING WITH BUSH

DOG-WAGGING AS SURVIVAL

SEE BUSH WAG THE DOG

THE GREAT DOG-WAG OF 2004

THE BLOGS GET IT

CHAPTER 6: THE PERFECT STORM

REMEMBER VIETNAM

DO YOU BELIEVE SADDAM HUSSEIN CAUSED 9/11 ?

WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?

NO EXIT: THE QUAGMIRE THAT COULD SINK A REGIME

IRAQ'S LIBERATION: DEJA VU

THE VIETNAM SYNDROME

CHAPTER 7: ECONOGATE

LYING ABOUT THE WAR AT HOME

TAXING LIES

LEAVE ALL AMERICANS BEHIND

CHAPTER 8: THE RULES OF EXTREMISM

WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CIVIL LIBERTIES?

HOW MANY FLORIDAS DOES IT TAKE TO ELECT A PRESIDENT?

CORPORATIONS AGAINST CAPITALISM: EXTREME ECONOMICS

THE ANTI-CAPITALIST CORPORATE REGIME

PART III: REGIME CHANGE

CHAPTER 9: REGIME CHANGE BEGINS WITH YOU

REMEMBER THE POPULISTS!

THE NEW POPULISTS

ADD DEMOCRACY TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEN STIR

DONKEY MOVEON

CHAPTER 10: A NEW, OLD ROAD MAP FOR CHANGE

TAKE DOWN THE PILLARS OF THE THIRD CORPORATE REGIME

BUILDING NEW DEMOCRACY

THE NEW DEMOCRACY PROGRAM

ANSWERS TO YOUR HARD-NOSED QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 11: REQUILTING THE BIG TENT.

CONSERVATIVES: SOUTHERNERS, SMALL BUSINESS, AND PICKUP-TRUCK DADS

THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS: URBAN, ETHNIC, AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS

SUBURBANITES AND EXURBANITES: SOFTWARE GEEKS, SOCCER MOMS, AND OUTER-CITY MINORITIES

RELIGIOUS VOTERS: FUNDAMENTALISTS, CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKERS

THE BASE CAMP AND "AGGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVES": MINORITIES, WOMEN, LABOR, AND THE NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

THE BIG TENT AND YOU

APPENDIX: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROMOTE REGIME CHANGE

NOTES

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612298813

9781609943783

1609943783

9781282298811

128229881X

9781605092942

1605092940

OCLC:

503006725