The Great Suppression by Zachary Roth Roth unearths the deep historical roots of the anti-egalitarian worldview, and introduces us to its modern-day proponents: GOP officials pushing to make it harder to cast a ballot; the lawyers looking to scrap all limits on money in politics; the libertarian scholars reclaiming judicial activism to roll back the New Deal; and the corporate lobbyists working to ban local action on everything from the minimum wage to the environment. And he travels from Rust Belt cities to southern towns to show us how these efforts are hurting the most vulnerable Americans and preventing progress on pressing issues. A sharp, searing polemic in the tradition of Rachel Maddow and Matt Taibbi, The Great Suppression is an urgent wake-up call about a threat to our most cherished values, and a rousing argument for why we need democracy now more than ever."--Publisher information.Call Number: 320.520973 R845g
ISBN: 9781101905760
Publication Date: 2016