Merge left : fusing race and class, winning elections, and saving America / Ian Haney López.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haney-López, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Political aspects--United States.

Racism.

Post-racialism--United States.

Post-racialism.

Right and left (Political science)--United States.

Right and left (Political science).

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : The New Press, [2019]

Summary:

"An essential road map to neutralizing the role of racism as a divide-and-conquer political weapon and to building a broad multiracial progressive future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Matt and Tom

Building a multiracial progressive movement

Calling out class war and racism

It's still dog whistling and that's a good thing : because the alternative is race wars

Testing racial fear

There are some voters the Left should not try to win

Weaponizing racism against government efforts to help working families

How the Right's dog whistle story shapes the political landscape

Can the Left build a new majority while staying silent about racism?

Should the Left lead with racial justice?

The racial temptation of the Democrats : racially resentful white voters

The "merge right" chapter, or how Trumpism feeds off of and fuels dangerous trends among whites

The race-class solution.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62097-565-3