Start Making Sense: Turning the Lessons of

Start Making Sense is an opening salvo from a chorus of bold American thinkers, writers, and activists on how citizens can deliver U.S. politics from fear and fundamentalism. The message from the leading voices of the new progressive movement is clear: It's time to stop doing politics as usual. Start Making Sense brings together the best progressive thinkers, critics, and organizers to and offers creative ways to think about organizing, communicating, and investing in the structures and resources required for a lasting, truly democratic grassroots movement. Let's turn the lessons from election 2004 into winning progressive politics!

Making sense of election 2004	p. 3
Interview with Howard Dean	p. 17
Interview with Arianna Huffington	p. 24
November 3rd theses	p. 32
Interview with Adam Werbach	p. 35
Fear and loathing : from 9/11/01 to 11/2/04	p. 44
Interview with Van Jones	p. 51
Progressive victories	p. 56
Interview with David Soares	p. 59
Voters, fighters, citizens, youth	p. 62
Election by the numbers	p. 65
The conservative message machine money matrix	p. 71
Interview with George Lakoff	p. 79
Interview with Robert Greenwald	p. 86
Interview with Amy Goodman	p. 91
Televangelism on the rise	p. 95
Fighting dirty	p. 97
Rethinking Iraq	p. 101
Interview with Naomi Klein	p. 112
The reality of war	p. 118
How to end the Iraq War	p. 124
The return of the culture war	p. 129
Overcoming liberal contempt for the American electorate	p. 137
The faith factor	p. 139
The democrats' religion problem	p. 142
The new economic populism	p. 145
Interview with Thomas Frank	p. 153
Interview with Jim Hightower	p. 161
Interview with Andy Stern	p. 163
The death of environmentalism	p. 167
Taking action	p. 177
Interview with Wes Boyd	p. 179
Interview with Colin Greer	p. 186
Twelve-step program for progressive victories	p. 190
Kumbaya time again : organizing for success	p. 195
Election reform	p. 200
Don't just mobilize - organize	p. 204
Taking the initiative	p. 206
How to work with your local media	p. 209
Indy media outlets	p. 212
The blogging revolution	p. 214
The top ten blogs	p. 218
How to hold a house party	p. 221
Shop blue	p. 224
The audacity of hope	p. 226
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