Take hold of our history : make America radical again

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Intro; Introduction; 1. Americans Should Embrace Their Radical History; 2. Obama is No FDR ... ; 3. This is What Democracy Looks Like!; 4. We Will Not Forget Wisconsin Workers' Struggles; 5. Time to March on Washington Again for Jobs and Freedoms: An Open Letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; 6. The Struggle for Paine's Memory and the Making of American Democracy; 7. Remember and Honor FDR Progressively "Make America Fairly Radical for a Generation"; 8. David Brooks asks "What is America For?" We Must Provide the Answer; 9. The Progressive Vision of American Exceptionalism 10. The Rich's Class Warfare is Winning

or What the Fuck Happened?11. "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" Demands 15 an Hour; 12. Social Democracy is 100 Percent American; 13. This Generation, Too, Has a Rendezvous with Destiny: A Progressive Commencement Speech; 14. Time for Radical Action, Not National Therapy; 15. Keeping the True Faith: Rediscovering America on the National Mall; 16. Let Them Call Us Rebels

We Are All the Heirs of Thomas Paine; 17. Who Says It Can't Happen Here?; 18. We Are Radicals at Heart

Don't Forget It!; Afterword; Acknowledgments