MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN!
Because most of us young people don’t vote unless we feel informed on the issues, we’ve compiled this suggested reading list for people to consult — with books about core values, communications, and controversial issues. A familiarity with these books and texts will educate you, enlighten you, and encourage you to be more active in politics at all levels.
(Each book title is a link, getting you to the Amazon.com page for buying the book.)
A) Books to help us resistors understand our core selves:
- Why I Am A Democrat – Ted Sorenson
- The Courage of Our Convictions – Gary Hart
- The Conscience of a Liberal – Paul Wellstone
- Moral Politics – George Lakoff
B) Books about where we stand on the issues:
- Overview
- Democratic Party Platform
- Stronger Together – Hillary Clinton & Tim Kaine
- Our Revolution – Bernie Sanders
- Economics (the books of Robert Reich)
- Economic and Income Inequality (Joseph Stiglitz)
- Taxes (Paul Krugman)
- Healthcare
- In Critical Condition – Edward Kennedy
- America Back On Track – Edward Kennedy
- Critical – Tom Daschle
- Getting it Done – Tom Daschle
- Guns
- Gun Fight – Adam Winkler
- The Second Amendment – Michael Waldman
- Enough – Gabrielle Giffords & Mark Kelly
- Immigration
- A Nation of Immigrants – John F. Kennedy
C) Books to help us communicate our values:
- Further books by George Lakoff
- Cracking the Code – Thom Hartmann
- Words That Work – Frank Luntz
D) Books to help us organize for action and/or run for public office:
- The Candidate – Samuel Popkin
- No Excuses – Robert Shrum
- Take Back Your Government – Morgan Carroll
- Rules for Revolutionaries – Becky Bond & Zack Exley
- Give Me Liberty – Naomi Wolf
E) Further reading (Fiction):
- 1984 – George Orwell
- Animal Farm – George Orwell
- Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
- Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
- All The King’s Men – Robert Penn Warren
- The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
- The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
- When She Woke – Hillary Jordan
F) Further reading (Essays):
- Politics and the English Language – George Orwell
- Brave New World Revisited – Aldous Huxley
- The End of America – Naomi Wolf
- Ur-Fascism – Umberto Eco
G) Books from the Dark Side: