{"product_id":"the-rise-of-a-new-left-isbn-9781839764264","title":"The Rise of a New Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eHOW THE FIRST MAJOR LEFTWING GENERATION SINCE THE SIXTIES HAS SHAPED ELECTORAL POLITICS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mushrooming rolls of the Democratic Socialists of America, Marxist explainers in\u003ci\u003e Teen Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and the outsized impact of the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, all herald a new, youth-inflected radical politics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of a New Left\u003c\/i\u003e gets behind the headlines about AOC and her cohort of elected officials to tell the stories of the young organizers who created the Squad and the new social movements that have roiled US politics, from the DSA to the Sunrise Movement to Justice Democrats. Ranging across the country to describe grassroots organizing in places like rural Pennsylvania, upstate New York, Kentucky, Florida, and California, this book examines the panoply of strategies and struggles of activists working in—and trying to transform—electoral politics and the climate justice, racial justice, and labor movements. Alongside Ocasio-Cortez, we hear from the even younger Alexandra Rojas, one of the strategists who guided her political insurgency. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePropelled by scores of immersive and absorbing conversations on political strategy with young activists determined to reshape the country, this book—by a writer who is herself a member of this generational movement—is a riveting account of a resurgent left.\"\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of a New Left\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing behind-the-scenes account of our decade's breakout political movement. It is also an invaluable second draft of history that readers and scholars will consult for many years to understand the opportunities and challenges of socialist organizing in the first decades of the 21st century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was on the verge of getting sad about politics, again. Then I picked up \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of a New Left\u003c\/i\u003e, I was reminded of all the energy on the young left, and I started feeling hope again. If you don’t know this movement, you could find no better way to learn about it than this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Doug Henwood, host, \u003ci\u003eBehind the News\u003c\/i\u003e, KPFA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptionally well-informed report from the ranks of the most dynamic, constructive movement in contemporary American politics. Few books can be profitably read as history, journalism, and political field manual, but this one succeeds on all three fronts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Patricia O'Toole, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important primer on the young activists and politicians whose mandate is nothing less than saving our country.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gary Shteyngart, author of \u003ci\u003eOur Country Friends: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insider's account of how young progressives are influencing American politics and culture...an inspirational introduction to young progressives and the causes they're fighting for.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-reported introduction to a growing, controversial movement among the younger electorate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sobering yet inspirational record of what leftists have been up to post-Bernie....by highlighting the work of a diverse array of left organizations and their leaders, most of whom are women, Lipsitz does justice to the Left as a whole.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—James J. Jackson, \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Left\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lipsitz's \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politic\u003c\/i\u003es is the best book I've read on the evolution of radical politics in recent years.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Nichols, \u003ci\u003eCap Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaina Lipsitz\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Brooklyn and writes about politics and culture. Her work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Al Jazeera America,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eAppeal, Atlantic, Nation,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e New Republic,\u003c\/i\u003e among other publications.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302200201445,"sku":"NP9781839764264","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781839764264.jpg?v=1767741247","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-rise-of-a-new-left-isbn-9781839764264","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}