Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-310) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Who Really Rules America -- American Regimes -- The Powers That Be -- The Rules of Change -- Cracks in the Regime -- Black Magic -- Fascism Lite -- The American Recipe for Change -- What's the Matter with the Democrats? -- A Cure for the Blues -- Saving Democracy -- What You Can Do Now -- Organizations to Join -- Magazines.
Summary
America has been run as a corporate regime for several years -- a merger of big business and government that makes profits more important than human rights and erodes the democratic tradition. Costly wars abroad, a national debt that grows exponentially year after year, and the inability to deliver stable work and essential social services are undermining the legitimacy of the regime -- opening the door to a new period of regime change. Today, new grass roots progressive movements are mobilizing, becoming a catalyst for change. In "Hidden Power, author Charles Derber shows how these movements.