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Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
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Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals Paperback - 2009

by Alterman, Eric (Author)

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The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes acharacteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatmentof liberals and liberalism

The "most honest and incisive mediacritic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman iscommitted to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place asthe political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In thisbracing and well-documented counterattack on right-wing spin andmisinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and falsedefinitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and havebeen accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfectpost-election book for all those who are ready to fight back againstthe conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in thepolitical process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspectiveto the possibility of a new day in America.

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Penguin Books, 2009. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 416 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches.
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Summary

The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes a characteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatment of liberals and liberalism

The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America.

From the publisher

Eric Alterman, media columnist for the Nation, is professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, senior fellow of the Center for American Progress, and “Altercation” weblogger for MSNBC.com. He is the author of five previous books, including The Book on Bush (with Mark Green), What Liberal Media? and Sound and Fury.

Media reviews

"It is difficult to imagine anyone better qualified to update Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s notion of liberalism as the 'vital center' of American politics."
-The New York Times

"A vigorous defense of liberalism as a credo-a credo, Alterman argues persuasively, that most Americans actually subscribe to."
-The Atlantic

About the author

Eric Alterman, media columnist for the Nation, is professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, senior fellow of the Center for American Progress, and "Altercation" weblogger for MSNBC.com. He is the author of five previous books, including The Book on Bush (with Mark Green), What Liberal Media? and Sound and Fury.