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We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump
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“The breakout star of the new activists.” —The Economist
“If Democrats are able to retake the House in 2018, it will be a victory built from Greenberg and Levin’s blueprint.” —Politico
“One of the biggest successes so far this year...Indivisible has played a leading role in turning out voters at congressional town halls to voice their opposition.” —The ...more
“The breakout star of the new activists.” —The Economist
“If Democrats are able to retake the House in 2018, it will be a victory built from Greenberg and Levin’s blueprint.” —Politico
“One of the biggest successes so far this year...Indivisible has played a leading role in turning out voters at congressional town halls to voice their opposition.” —The ...more
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November 5th 2019
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If you're a Trump supporter, you should stop reading this review right now. It will only make you angry. If you are like me and feel that our democracy is at stake in the 2020 election, you should definitely read this book. If you don't love Trump but don't feel that there's really THAT much at stake in next year's election, you should DEFINITELY read this book; it will change your mind.
Greenberg and Levin are the founders of the Indivisible movement that was so instrumental in defeating the rep ...more
Greenberg and Levin are the founders of the Indivisible movement that was so instrumental in defeating the rep ...more
I had never realized that if you want a democracy, you have to fight for it. Ogie Strogatz – California Indivisible Leader.
This is such an important quote for every US voter to remember and a truth that is becoming increasingly clear!
I am going to attempt to keep politics out of my review of this terrific political book.
First, I am really glad I read it to learn about the Indivisible movement because frankly, I think Indivisible has been essentially, well, invisible. At least to me.
Unlike thei ...more
This is such an important quote for every US voter to remember and a truth that is becoming increasingly clear!
I am going to attempt to keep politics out of my review of this terrific political book.
First, I am really glad I read it to learn about the Indivisible movement because frankly, I think Indivisible has been essentially, well, invisible. At least to me.
Unlike thei ...more
Such an important book from total badass leaders of the progressive movement.
Originally published on my book blog, TheBibliophage.com.
We are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump is all politics. Authors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin started a grassroots movement in the wake of the 2016 election results. In this book, they explain what led to those results, and what the potential repercussions are. More importantly, they lay out a six-point agenda to help restore democracy. As they say, “small d” democracy.
The book balances idealism and practical strategies, ...more
We are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump is all politics. Authors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin started a grassroots movement in the wake of the 2016 election results. In this book, they explain what led to those results, and what the potential repercussions are. More importantly, they lay out a six-point agenda to help restore democracy. As they say, “small d” democracy.
The book balances idealism and practical strategies, ...more
This book is neither this nor that. That is, one opens it hoping for a full-blooded account of the rise of Indivisible post 2016, but one quickly gets lost in a too-cute-by-half whitewashing of the messiness of trying to knit together a grassroots uprising with a top-down leadership. Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin provided a vital and timely blueprint for millions of traumatized grassroots Democrats in the weeks after the 2016 US election, and can be justly credited with helping more than 6,000 l
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Democracy is what Greenberg wants and not what "they" vote. So here's how "we" take "their" vote.
Why. Quite inspirational by gum but also clear, coherent, bold. In just a few paragraphs of lucid prose, we can dismiss Trump as just a symbol of dysfunction and anti-democratic madness and get on to building what he and his ilk have broken, are breaking, and are trying to keep broken. And how! For anyone asking 'Ok, sure, but how??' you can probably lead them to any, any section of text here -- it's all quite masterfully built and effective and just-so perfectly appropriate (honestly!) and ofte
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This book is a practical, well researched, no-nonsense presentation of the problem, the solutions, and powerful answers to the naysayers. Here you will find the essential way forward to addressing the observations and implementing the theories of all the progressive economists, historians, and other scholars you may have been reading. This is how we get there from here. If your life is TL;DR, go straight to Chapter 6, A Day One Democracy Agenda, and proceed from there. But the first half of the
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This is a very important book. Written by the two young co-founders of the Indivisible Movement it is part memoir, part 'how to' and part 'call to arms.' Leah and Ezra are not only brilliant political strategists, they are also pretty darned good writers. A compelling book --- and a scary book. We either get this next election right or we may be doomed.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
Great motivation for organizing, along with tactics and a theory of activism that actually works. Highly recommend for anyone who's disappointed with the current direction of the United States. It's a great way to get introduced to the world of changing that.
This is not a great book, but it's an essential one. That is, it could certainly have used a more assertive editor, one who would have red-lined three-quarters of the footnotes and cheeky personal asides. These personal elements leave an annoying gee-whiz, just-us-kids-having-fun aftertaste, inconsistent with the deadly serious purpose of We Are Indivisible—you know, the survival of law, justice, and decency. Just because the authors are married doesn't mean that I want to know, for example, cou
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I walked away from this book with ...... quite honestly, some hope, which was surprising to me. For starters, the authors make the point early and often that Trump is simply a symptom of the dysfunction that has long gripped our politics (and is getting worse). It's important to remember that even if he wins the next election (gulp!) the fight for democratic reform and a more progressive agenda must continue, and in fact becomes even more important. That's why Indivisible as an organization is a
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This book finally and thoroughly got it through my head that DT is not the problem. He is only the latest symptom of an advanced state of democratic breakdown.
Just to take the first of six big (yet specific) things, the Senate filibuster rule means that senators representing just 11% of the population can effectively block any legislation. The rule says that 60% is required to end debate: so if you're in the minority you only need 41 votes to block anything. In theory, the lowest population sta ...more
Just to take the first of six big (yet specific) things, the Senate filibuster rule means that senators representing just 11% of the population can effectively block any legislation. The rule says that 60% is required to end debate: so if you're in the minority you only need 41 votes to block anything. In theory, the lowest population sta ...more
This is an extraordinarily efficient book in terms of information content: in a mere 300 pages, it manages to provide a brief history of the Indivisible movement, a primer on the Indivisible theory of political power and change, a synopsis of the breakdown of American democracy in the late 20th and 21st century, and recommendations for legislative repairs and improvements to American democracy that would be within reach for a progressive Congress and president-- should the 2020 elections produce
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I really like reading We Are Indivisible and not just because it served as a reminder of all of the regular people than came together because of Trump's policies. This book does show how two married people were able to put together a foundation that grew based on what ordinary democrats wanted and needed. It explain the early stages of the "Indivisible" movement both for the two of them and how it spread across the U.S. It led many people to become involved in politics often for the first time.
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The best part of the book is the introduction, which informed me of the amazing 1990 paper "The Perils of Presidentialism". A horrifyingly prophetic work. Essentially, presidential democracies are historically less stable than parliamentary democracies, and tend to lead to obstructionism and outsider demagogue presidents. The one major exception is the United States, which avoids this by having weird parties that aren't ideologically coherent. If people ever get correctly sorted by their policy
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This is a thought provoking read, most particularly the third section, where some of the problems and potential solutions to our democracy are laid out. If you have been a part of the Indivisible movement since early 2017, I don’t think the first two parts of this book will come as too much of surprise to you. However, the stories told are very captivating and point to the power and importance of a grassroots movement. I recommend this book, particularly to those haven’t yet gotten involved in t
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The tone of the book is odd. It's not academic, their theory is you need to have fun while trying to save the country, so the book takes on that flavor. The first two sections seem to be a bit repetitive like they needed to stretch. The third section gets to the important part of the title, a blueprint for democracy after trump. I just can't see what they lay out ever happening, and these ambitious goals have to be considered alongside other issues outside of the realm of this book; but climate
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• http://www.startribune.com/dem-activi... (from April 2019)
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-d... (from November 2018)
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• https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
• https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-...
Excerpt: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics...
Some related resources to consider:
• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/op...
• https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019...
• http://www.startribune.com/dem-activi... (from April 2019)
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-d... (from November 2018)
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The authors identify the challenges the US faces in the Trump era, recounting their own frustration at the ushering in of said era followed by an exhaustive synopsis of the Indivisible organization’s ability to apply pressure to resist bad law proposals, encourage the retirements of bad actors in Congress, and take back the House in 2018. Afterward, they lay out a bold progressive agenda for digging out the entrenched right-wing riggings of the American system to create a government that is more
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I mostly enjoyed this book. I learned a lot about our current state of democracy and what our future could realistically look like with some pressure and participation. The discussion around polarization in this book is a little ironic to me because there is a clear, left view in the ideals, with a generally annoyed/unaccepting tone of those with conservative ideals. As a moderate Democrat, I was able to be more understanding of the language. If you’re not pretty left to begin with, I would read
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This is a thoughtful, and unapologetically partisan history of liberal American political change and a brief history of the Indivisible movement. The intent of this book is to persuade the reader to join the movement to make meaningful change, so the literary merit of the book is not really the point. That being said, there's a refreshing candor here that goes past calling out the other side of the political equation for its lack of leadership and compromised principles.
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Thing one: I sometimes feel that I am lulled into believing that participating in democracy means voting for democrats and hoping that they stick it to the republicans. This book is a refreshing reminder that participating in democracy means sticking it to both the republicans and the democrats yourself, and demanding that they be better and do better.
Thing two: It is equal parts reassuring and disturbing to have it spelled out how Trump himself is not the problem, but a symptom of a diseased an ...more
Thing two: It is equal parts reassuring and disturbing to have it spelled out how Trump himself is not the problem, but a symptom of a diseased an ...more
A valuable book documenting an important contemporary political movement. I found most helpful the review in Chapter 1: The Problem: A Buckling and Rigged Democracy of "how we got here" (ie, to the point where someone as unqualified and unstable as Donald Trump could be elected president). This succinct but devastating analysis of American politics over, especially, the last 60 years shed some light for me on our current political circumstances. The 19 Indivisible Lessons are very instructive fo
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This book was a breath of fresh air. In it, Greenberg and Levin check off the details of what needs to be done to get our democracy back on track. Of course, this all hinges on moving Trump out of the presidency and McConnell out of his pas majority leader of the Senate. There are so many great ideas in this book that it can seem overwhelming, but it's well-written and down-to-earth, and offers lots of ideas on achieving a more responsive and responsible democracy.
Alternately hopeful and fire & brimstone, this is the perfect kick in the pants to get an armchair participant in democracy like myself up and out before Election Day. I was annoyed by the mostly self-congratulatory and cheeky footnotes, but that doesn’t diminish my respect for the writers or the tangible impact of their hard work. The history of their nascent movement gets repetitive, but the last chapter on where to go next is informative and exciting.
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Despite glowing reviews
...this book did not have the depth I hoped for.
Ex Capitol Hill staffers, grad students and activists
just cannot compete with the stellar writing of
Carol Leonnig And Philip Rucker in A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
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...this book did not have the depth I hoped for.
Ex Capitol Hill staffers, grad students and activists
just cannot compete with the stellar writing of
Carol Leonnig And Philip Rucker in A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
...more
Enjoyed the humor and tone regarding a serious issue, saving democracy. The authors break down what can feel very overwhelming in actionable steps in building power and making change. I don't agree with all the solutions but they challenged me to think and consider.
Mostly recs for contacting representatives and organizing voters, this book holds few surprises for activists. The most interesting parts for me concerned questions of enfranchisement and the Supreme Court.
If you think beating Trump is important then you need to read this book. It portrays the forces arrayed against the American people and their dreams and then it produces a blueprint to achieve it. When you finish, you’ll be intimidated but I hope you’ll want to help
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