Blowing the roof off the twenty-first century : media, politics, and the struggle for post-capitalist democracy / Robert W.W. McChesney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--United States.

Capitalism.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

United States--Economic conditions--21st century.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the United States and much of the world there is a palpable depression about the prospect of overcoming the downward spiral created by the tyranny of wealth and privilege and establishing a truly democratic and sustainable society. It threatens to become self-fulfilling. In this trailblazing new book, award-winning author Robert W. McChesney argues that the weight of the present is blinding people to the changing nature and the tremendous possibilities of the historical moment we inhabit. In Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century, he uses a sophisticated political economic analysis to delineate the recent trajectory of capitalism and its ongoing degeneration. In exciting new research McChesney reveals how notions of democratic media are becoming central to activists around the world seeking to establish post-capitalist democracies. Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century also takes a fresh look at recent progressive political campaigns in the United States. While conveying complex ideas in a lively and accessible manner, McChesney demonstrates a very different and far superior world is not only necessary, but possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. America, I Do Mind Dying; PART ONE: Putting the Politics Back in Political Economy; 2. After the Nader Campaign: The Future of U.S. Left Electoral Politics; 3. A New New Deal under Obama?; 4. The Wisconsin Uprising; 5. This Isn't What Democracy Looks Like; PART TWO: Money Doesn't Talk, It Swears; 6. The U.S. Imperial Triangle and Military Spending; 7. The Penal State in an Age of Crisis; PART THREE: Media and Politics; 8. The State of Media and Media Reform; 9. Walter Lippmann and the Crisis of Journalism; 10. The Personal Is Political: My Career in Public Radio

PART FOUR: Bringing It All Back Home11. The Cultural Apparatus of Monopoly Capital; 12. A Sharp Left Turn for the Media Reform Movement; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781583674796

1583674799

9781583674802

1583674802