{"product_id":"the-history-of-democracy-has-yet-to-be-written-9781953368003","title":"The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book made me laugh out loud and also gave me glimpses of an entire horizon of possibility I hadn't seen before.\"--Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC's \u003cem\u003eAll In with Chris Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnd the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, Geoghegan?then an established labor lawyer and prolific writer?embarked on a campaign to represent Chicago's Fifth District in Congress, in a special election called when Rahm Emanuel stepped down to serve as President Barack Obama's chief of staff. For ninety days leading up to the election, Geoghegan, a political neophyte at age sixty, knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and made fundraising calls. On election night he lost, badly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this humbling experience helped him develop a framework for reimagining American government in a way that is truly just, fair, and constitutional. Taking its title from Walt Whitman, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written: How We Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again\u003c\/em\u003e, combines hilarious tales from his time on the campaign trail with an incisive vision of how we might be able to create an America that fulfills its great promise. In a polarized country, where 100 million citizens don't vote, and those who do are otherwise rarely politically engaged, he makes an impassioned case for the possibility of a truly representative democracy, one built on the ideals of the House of Representatives, the true chamber of the people, and inspired by the poet who gives the book its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once an engaging memoir and a call to arms, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Democracy Is Yet to Be Written\u003c\/em\u003e will inspire and invigorate political veterans and young activists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953368003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Geoghegan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44524524208309,"sku":"9781953368003","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_583cda90-c343-4326-9054-91ba3643f0ab.jpg?v=1722919860","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-history-of-democracy-has-yet-to-be-written-9781953368003","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}