Description
Offering a broad historical perspective, Selfa shows how the Democratic Party has time and again betrayed the aspirations of ordinary people while pursuing an agenda favorable to Wall Street and U.S. imperial ambitions.
He examines the relationship between party leaders and social movements, from the civil rights struggle to the movement to end the Iraq war; reveals the unhappy marriage between U.S. labor and the -party of the people;- and assesses the mixed record of attempts to build a third party alternative.
Further, Selfa argues that the Democrats' record of backing the rich and breaking promises to its voting base is not a recent departure from an otherwise laudable past, but results from its role as one of two parties serving the interests of the U.S. establishment.
Author: Lance Selfa
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781608461929
ISBN10: 1608461920
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Process | Political Parties
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- History | United States | General
About the Author
Lance Selfa is an editor of and contributor to International Socialist Review. He edited The Struggle for Palestine (Haymarket, 2002). He lives in Chicago.