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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may seem like she came from nowhere, but the movement that propelled her to office – and to global political stardom – has been building for 30 years. We’ve Got People is the story of that movement, which first exploded into public view with the largely forgotten presidential run of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a campaign that came dangerously close to winning. With the party and the nation at a crossroads, this timely and original book offers new insight into how we’ve gotten where we are – and where we're headed.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Strong Arm Press (May 23 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 433 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1947492381
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1947492387
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 630 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.77 x 22.86 cm

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Reviewed in Canada on February 14, 2020

A must read for those who want to know why the political situation is what it is now and how we got here.

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RobtEB

Challenges ahead for Democrats.

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019

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A slow read, but very informative outlining how the Democratic party , which formed the political base on which the great egalitarian programs like Social Security, Medicare, were built, became a big money party, not unlike the Republican Party, and legislation is driven by special interest donors rather than what's good for every American.

ACA has no public option, not because of Republicans, but because of Democrats beholding to the Health Insurance industry and big Pharma killed it. Good chapter on this in book.

Americans want congress men and women, who look out for their interests. Why don't we see more candidates that want to answer that call? Largely because the DNC and the DCCC prevent them from running. Look at the shenanigans of the DNC when Bernie threatened to win the nomination. That's still going on, but "progressive" candidates are still winning even without support of the so-called mainstream party apparatus. I'd say this theme is well documented in this book.

When ever you hear some Congressman say, " We can't afford that!" That person is likely in the grasp of special interest money. This country, the richest in the world! is awash in money. It's just that we give it all to the richest 0.1%!

When you hear when some suggested action would curb global warming, someone grimly warms," That will hurt the economy; that will cost jobs!" They are not lookin out for your interests because in the hotter world of drouth, rising sea levels, massive displacement of peoples, destructive weather patterns, etc., etc. those jobs will be long gone.

I remember seeing George W. Bush being interviewed by a reporter while he was a some gathering of the well-heeled. The reporter presuming that Bush's position on some current public issue was contrary to what most Americans held, asks him, "What about your constituents?"

Bush smilingly answered, "These are my constituents." The irony of his words escaped him, but it also is escaping the Democrats who have wooed big dollars from Wall Street, Insurance companies, arms manufacturers and on and on.

We want people to represent us, who consider US their constituents.

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Matt T.

Learn How Legalized Corruption Works in the USA to Serve Big Money Over American People

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2019

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In "We've Got People", Ryan Grim's showcases a nuanced history of why AOC is at the spearhead of a progressive populist movement. To understand what's really going on, Grim goes as far back as Civil War era politics and the economic factors that drove it to explain it.

Through his writing, you start to understand all the complex tendrils of systemic Big Money corruption that keep the U.S. labor class from achieving the "Great Society" of true economic justice and shared prosperity. That includes showing how systemic corruption in the Democratic Party operates as well as how the Democratic Party's origins in pro-slavery (pre-civil war) and pro-segregation (post-civil war) still haunt the it.

How did the party of FDR (champion of The New Deal) and LBJ (signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law) abandon the working class in favor of "Big Money" donors & corporate interests? AND why is the Democratic Party's "Republican-lite" strategy of the past few decades now leading to the rise of popular progressive populists like AOC and Bernie Sanders? Do yourself a favor and read "We've Got People" to find out.

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Ivan G. Shreve Jr.

The difference between stenography and reporting

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019

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Journalist Ryan Grim has written an extraordinary book that, while it pulls no punches when it chronicles the Democratic Party's dismal history, offers a great deal of optimism for anyone who wants to believe that their existence is not merely moribund. Grim compellingly details how party newcomers are fighting desperately to reclaim the Dems with a wealth of knowledge about how the organization has transformed itself over the years. For a cynic like myself (who subscribes to the theory that the Dems are truly, to borrow Sheldon Wolin's description, "the inauthentic opposition"), you can revel in a lot of backroom gossip and even get a refreshing new perspective on events (the drama behind the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, for example).

I don't agree with everything Ryan writes (his take on the uninspiring Jon Ossoff, who ran for a Georgia congressional seat in 2017, is waaaaay off) but I never fail to be entertained by his clever approach and talent for slapping a noun up against a verb. Highly recommended.

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BaNana

It's real

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2020

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I love Ryan Grim-- his writing, his interviews, his adorable children (who pop in on some of his video interviews, during the COVID quarantine-and he never gets mad at them! Even introduces them). It's about getting Big Money out of politics and getting politics back into the hands of everyday people. On all sides of the aisle. And he wants input from people regarding their personal experiences. This is a work in progress. He plans on doing "updates" on the book, including the information we-the-people provide him. He is a very honest straight-shooter. If you are Alt-right, you won't like him. To everyone else-- this is an amazing book!

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Dina Renee Boero

The story behind the story

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2019

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Buy this book. You'll thank yourself after you've read it.

Politics is driven by the narratives you see in the media. But the narratives are constructed by the people doing the hard work behind the scenes, making moments, engaging people, moving from one fight to another to another in an effort to make our values live in the world. Ryan Grim's story tracing the impact and echoes of Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign shows you all the behind-the-scenes parts, the parts you never see on cable news or the curated social media feeds that tell the "official" story.

Crucially, it also showcases the impact of money in politics AND how we can fight back, to create a true democracy in which we all have a say and it's the ability of our ideas to have impact, not the ability of our bank account.

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