ISBN: 9781620975640
Editorial: New
Autor: Haney López, Ian
Año de edición: 2019
N° Paginas: 240
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Biografía del autor Ian Haney López is the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Dog Whistle Politics and White by Law, as well as Merge Left (The New Press). He lives in Richmond, California. From the acclaimed author of Dog Whistle Politics, an essential road map to neutralizing the role of racism as a divide-and-conquer political weapon and to building a broad multiracial progressive futureIan Haney López has broken the code on the racial politics of the last fifty years.--Bill MoyersIn 2014, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century--and thereby anticipated the 2016 presidential election. Now the country is heading into what will surely be one of the most consequential elections ever, with the Right gearing up to exploit racial fear-mongering to divide and distract, and the Left splintered over the next step forward. Some want to focus on racial justice head-on; others insist that a race-silent focus on class avoids alienating white voters.Can either approach--race-forward or colorblind--build the progressive supermajorities necessary to break political gridlock and fundamentally change the country's direction?For the past two years, Haney López has been collaborating with a research team of union activists, racial justice leaders, communications specialists, and pollsters. Based on conversations, interviews, and surveys with thousands of people all over the country, the team found a way forward.By merging the fights for racial justice and for shared economic prosperity, they were able to build greater enthusiasm for both goals--and for the cross-racial solidarity needed to win elections. What does this mean? It means that neutralizing the Right's political strategy of racial division is possible, today. And that's the key to everything progressives want to achieve.A work of deep research, nuanced argument, and urgent insight, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America is an indispensable tool for the upcoming political season and in the larger fight to build racial justice and shared economic prosperity for all of us. Críticas Praise for Merge Left: López offers a truly important recipe for countering virulently racist forms of economic populism.--Times Literary SupplementIn Merge Left, López offers a nuanced and sophisticated look at how racism works in American politics.--The BafflerAs thoughtful and thought-provoking as it is informed and informative, Merge Left is a timely and invaluable contribution to our current on-going national discussion with respect to salvaging, repairing, and restoring our American democracy.--Midwest Book Review's Wisconsin BookwatchWith great clarity and thoughtfulness, Ian F. Haney López shows why the path to a truly just society lies in a multi-racial coalition of poor, working and middle-class Americans. . . . Powerful, urgent, and timely.--Robert B. Reich, former labor secretary and Chancellor's Professor, University of California at BerkeleyUnderstanding how to counteract the conservative playbook on race . . . is the great challenge of political strategy today. It has also been the determined, prescient and indispensably productive pursuit of Ian Haney López for decades.--Rashad Robinson, president, Color Of ChangeCross-racial solidarity is the Holy Grail of progressive politics. Merge Left makes the best case yet for how to finally achieve it as the route to racial and economic justice.--Heather McGhee, distinguished senior fellow, Demos and Demos ActionRead Merge Left. The unity that makes the labor movement unbeatable requires genuine cross-racial solidarity.--Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIOMerge Left explains the tools we need to highlight how racism is used to drive working families apart. Now, we have a frame to take race head-on in politi
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Haney López, Ian
- Editorial: New
- N° Paginas: 240
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
