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Book cover for The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics by John Nichols

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The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the ...more

So this is how it all began--the Democratic Party's slow slide to the Center and the hope for a brighter future. Absolutely fascinating! Henry Wallace would have made a great encore to FDR, but corporate interests had their own ideas. I enjoy reading Nichols work in The Nation. This is one of the best books I have read since Anand Giridharadas' "Winners Take All." A must-read for any progressive Democrat that wants to know why their party is so horrible and why Bernie Sanders and The Squad are the shot in the arm the party so desperately needs.