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In the United States and much of the world there is a palpable depression about the prospect of overcoming the downward spiral created by the tyranny of wealth and privilege and establishing a truly democratic and sustainable society. It threatens to become self-fulfilling. In this trailblazing new book, award-winning author Robert W. McChesney argues that the weight of the present is blinding people to the changing nature and the tremendous possibilities of the historical moment we inhabit. In Blowing the Roof off the Twenty-First Century, he uses a sophisticated political economic analysis to delineate the recent trajectory of capitalism and its ongoing degeneration. In exciting new research McChesney reveals how notions of democratic media are becoming central to activists around the world seeking to establish post-capitalist democracies. Blowing the Roof off the Twenty-First Century also takes a fresh look at recent progressive political campaigns in the United States. While conveying complex ideas in a lively and accessible manner, McChesney demonstrates a very different and far superior world is not only necessary, but possible.
Price: $28.00
Pages: 288
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Imprint: Monthly Review Press
Publication Date:
22 October 2014
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781583674789
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
"As usual, McChesney provides astute analysis and a clear look at the state of journalism today. I can only hope it broadly becomes the required reading it deserves."
— Bill Kovach, former Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times
"Regardless of their voting history and political views, anyone who gives McChesneys lucid, accessible State of the Nation his or her time will find it worthy of thought and discussion."
— Publishers Weekly
"Robert McChesney reveals once again why he is one of the thinkers who really matter to American society. Whether he is analyzing military spending or the explosive growth of prisons, whether he is critiquing the destructive power of the wealthy on American democracy through massive political donations or the perils the monopolistic control of the media present for the future of our nation, McChesney shines a bright light on what the wealthy and powerful want to remain hidden. While I many not agree with every one of his conclusions, few have shown as powerfully how American democracy is at risk in the 21st century."
— Senator Bernie Sanders
"Here is Robert McChesney at his most urgent! Read this book and find out how capitalism is eating our democracy and devouring the weband what you can do about it."
— Matthew Rothschild,senior editor, The Progressive
— Bill Kovach, former Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times
"Regardless of their voting history and political views, anyone who gives McChesneys lucid, accessible State of the Nation his or her time will find it worthy of thought and discussion."
— Publishers Weekly
"Robert McChesney reveals once again why he is one of the thinkers who really matter to American society. Whether he is analyzing military spending or the explosive growth of prisons, whether he is critiquing the destructive power of the wealthy on American democracy through massive political donations or the perils the monopolistic control of the media present for the future of our nation, McChesney shines a bright light on what the wealthy and powerful want to remain hidden. While I many not agree with every one of his conclusions, few have shown as powerfully how American democracy is at risk in the 21st century."
— Senator Bernie Sanders
"Here is Robert McChesney at his most urgent! Read this book and find out how capitalism is eating our democracy and devouring the weband what you can do about it."
— Matthew Rothschild,senior editor, The Progressive