Tue, Mar 19
|Stone Soup Books
Book Discussion: Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy -- and how we can turn back.
Time & Location
Mar 19, 2024, 6:30 PM
Stone Soup Books, 150 Race Ave, Waynesboro, VA 22980, USA
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Our Mar 19, 2024 discussion is on “Democracy Awakening” by Heather Cox Richardson
About the book:
In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. It soon turned into a newsletter and its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on her plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America. In Democracy Awakening , Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism -- creating a disaffected population and then promising to recreate an imagined…