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DESCRIPTION:Democrats are now in control of Congress thanks to a combination of strong 
 Democratic candidates and disenchantment with President Bush and Republican 
 policies. Right? Superb radio host and author Laura Flanders tends to 
 disagree. In her new book, BLUE GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics 
 from the Politicians. Flanders argues that the Democrats are back in power 
 due to the hard work of well-organized grassroots groups who have been 
 building effective collations and engaging uninspired voters through new 
 technology, new media, and new fundraising strategies - all of which the 
 national Democratic Party has failed to do. Laura Flanders hosts her own 
 radio show RadioNation on Air America Radio. She is the author of 
 Bushwomen: How They Won the White House for Their Man; Real Majority, Media 
 Minority: The Costs of Sidelining Women in Reporting, and is the editor of 
 The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Bush Years and Beyond. \n\n"BLUE GRIT 
 is pure political tonic, a stirring call-to-arms for progressives who feel 
 they've been left out in the cold by their alleged allies.  Laura Flanders 
 offers a galvanizing vision of political democracy as it was meant to 
 thrive: in the lives and stories of ordinary Americans."\n-Michael Eric 
 Dyson\n\n"With her usual daring, flair and down-home investigative style, 
 Laura Flanders travels America and finds the progressive grassroots 
 movement alive and kicking.  Her book, BLUE GRIT, asks who owns the 
 Democratic Party, 'the people in the suites or the people in the streets?'  
 It is a crucial question, and this book is crucial reading."\n-Eve Ensler, 
 author of The Vagina Monlogues\n\n"Laura Flanders is a star burst of 
 optimism-people need that-and BLUE GRIT is the perfect vehicle for 
 spreading her message. Politics can be fun again AND progressive goals can 
 succeed. There is a new crowd moving in on tired old politicians and they 
 are stirring up a hopeful new politics. -William Greider\n\n“Laura 
 Flanders ‘Blue Grit’  gives hope even to those of us who don’t 
 ordinarily go in for that sort of thing.” — Fran Lebowitz\n\ntickets $5 
 available at Analog Books, Black Oak, Cody’s, Diesel a Bookstore, 
 \nGlobal Exchange, Moe’s, Pegasus, Pendragon, Walden Pond.\nS.F. – 
 Cody’s, Modern Times \nmore information: 510-848-6767 X609\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/07/18391028.php
SUMMARY:Laura Flanders: Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics From the Politicians
LOCATION:First Congregational Church in Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way (at Durant), 
 Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/07/18391028.php
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