Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips · Live With Senator Cory Booker And Steve Phillips

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In this Episode:

To celebrate the release of How We Win the Civil War, Steve joins Senator Cory Booker for a live, national virtual Town Hall, moderated by MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting, to discuss how we build majority support for a true multiracial democracy in the U.S.

This live recording was co-hosted by our national partners at Community Change Action, Justice Democrats, MoveOn, Netroots Nation, Voto Latino, and Working Families Party.

REFERENCES:

Purchase your copy of How We Win the Civil War today!

Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey - @CoryBooker
Rahna Epting, Executive Director, MoveOn - @rahnamepting moveon.org

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Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips · Why I Wrote “How We Win The Civil War”

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In this Episode:

Steve takes the hot seat as a guest on his own show in this penultimate episode of our special podcast series! Steve and Sharline discuss his forthcoming book How We Win the Civil War and how the concept developed over the last few years. 

Sharline shares how she and Steve came to be a book publishing power team, and Steve discusses the formative experiences that have shaped his work and his path to writing (Jesse Jackson quotes, included). Steve and Sharline also explain when and how you can pre-order your copy of the How We Win the Civil War, out October 18!

CW: Adult Language

REFERENCES:

Steve Phillips - @StevePtweets

Steve Phillips // New Press - How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good

Isabel Wilkerson // Random House - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

The New York Amsterdam News

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Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips · Sounding the Alarm with Ron Brownstein

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IN THIS EPISODE:

Atlantic staff writer and CNN columnist Ron Brownstein joins us for Part 2 of our special How We Win series to discuss the coalitions competing to define the identity of this country and the historical context for this centuries-long existential battle. 

Ron shares his analysis on why the 2020s could end up looking a lot like the 1850s, how he’s interpreting Biden’s changing rhetoric, and how he’s thinking about the upcoming midterms.

Ron also provides his expertise as we explore key themes in Steve’s forthcoming book How We Win the Civil War, out October 18.

REFERENCES:

Ron Brownstein- @RonBrownstein

Books

Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics by Ron Brownstein

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 by David M. Potter

The South as a Conscious Minority, 1789-1861; a Study in Political Thought by Jesse T. Carpenter

History Reference

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips · Who Gets to Be an American with Historian Mae Ngai

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In This Episode:

For the first episode of our special How We Win series, award-winning author and historian Mae Ngai places the existential crisis of our time into historical context as she highlights the pervasive nature of the question: who gets to be an American and who is deserving of dignity and equality? 

Our conversation with Mae lays the foundation for our series’ deep dive into the parallels between our present moment and the not-so-distant past. She reveals the history of a partnership between the South and West to perpetuate white supremacy, and describes just how intertwined the “Chinese Question” and the “Negro Question” have been since the founding of America.

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