Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians

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With her usual daring, flair and down home investigative style, Laura Flanders travels America and finds the progressive grassroots movement alive and kicking. Her book, Blue Grit, asks who owns the Democratic Party, 'the people in the suites or the people in the streets.' It is a crucial question, and this book is crucial reading.' (Eve Ensler).

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Political commentator Laura Flanders reports back from her journeys into the heart of America with good news, perhaps, for Democrats. Flanders sees signs of change on the most local level, citing a widespread tolerance and progressivism not reported in the media. She notes a rising activism, even among those who voted Republican, as people work toward improving their lives and communities. She faults the Democrats for not being in tune with these sentiments, saying that the party can get on board or it will be passed by