The Rise of a New Left (eBook)

How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics

Raina Lipsitz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | Ebook UK & RoW
272 Seiten
Verso (Verlag)
9781839764288 (ISBN)

Infos

A new progressive generation is on the rise in the United States, reflected in the mushrooming rolls of the Democratic Socialists of America (90,000 mostly twentysomething members), Marxist explainers in Teen Vogue, and perhaps most famously of all, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.The Rise of a New Left is the first book to look closely at this new politics. Propelled by interviews with AOC and the other key figures and organizations who have shaken up American politics, the book includes portraits of groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, the Sunrise Movement, and Justice Democrats, explaining who they are, where they come from, and what they want. Investigating the panoply of strategies employed by the new movements and their relationship to politicians from Bernie Sanders to Nancy Pelosi, the book describes how the generational focus on insurgent electoral campaigns both aims to transform the Democratic Party and threatens to be captured by it.Written with panache by a member of this rising generation, this book immerses the reader in a youth culture the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Sixties.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.9.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • AOC • Bernie Sanders • Brand New Congress • Democratic Socialism • Democratic Socialists of America • Dream Defenders • DSA • Green New Deal • Indivisible • jacobin • Justice Democrats • Medicare for all • Sunrise Movement
• ISBN-13: 9781839764288 / 9781839764288