Democracy in chains : the deep history of the radical right's stealth plan for America
by MacLean, Nancy (Author)
Summary
An explosive expose of the right's relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize public education, and change the Constitution. "Perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter American government." --Booklist (starr... Full description
- Introduction: A quiet deal in Dixie
- Prologue: the Marx of the master class
- There was no stopping us
- Part I: the ideas take shape
- A country boy goes to the Windy City
- the real purpose of the program
- Letting the chips fall where they may
- To protect capitalism from government
- A counterrevolution takes time
- A world gone mad
- Part II: Ideas in action
- Large things can start from small beginnings
- Never compromise
- A constitution with locks and bolts
- Democracy defeats the doctrine
- The kind of force that propelled Columbus
- Part III: The fallout
- Conclusion: Get ready.