Starting November 3.(The Last Word)
American Prospect, The, November, 2004 by Reich, Robert
The real work for progressives starts November 3, either fighting a newly unleashed George W. Bush or helping a sure-to-be besieged John Kerry. But to be effective, progressives must understand why the right has been so successful at shaping the national debate.
The conventional view sees the right's success as a reaction to the left's predominance during the 1960s and early '70s. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, a series of liberal Supreme Court decisions, urban riots, and court-ordered racial remedies all drove working- and middle-class whites rightward. Richard Nixon's ...
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