{"product_id":"resisting-the-right-how-to-survive-the-gathering-storm-paperback","title":"Resisting the Right: How to Survive the Gathering Storm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eResisting the Right\u003c\/em\u003e is a handbook for surviving a far-right take-over of the United States. Today, that prospect is a frightening reality. It threatens the irreversible destruction of America's democratic system.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a powerful and necessary intervention, Robert Edwards urges that we prepare now for this nightmarish scenario, the better to resist and transcend it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwards shows how a right-wing autocracy can be combatted using political action, civil disobedience, economics, cyberspace, traditional media, social media, the arts, and even our personal relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former US Army intelligence officer who now works as a successful screenwriter, Edwards draws on his military training to assess \"the threat,\" and his storyteller's imagination to play out likely scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the future of American democracy teeters on a cliff edge, the urgency of \u003cem\u003eResisting the Right\u003c\/em\u003e could not be more acute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e was previously an infantry and intelligence officer in the US Army. A winner of the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he has written numerous screenplays for all the major studios, directed the feature films \u003cem\u003eLand of the Blind\u003c\/em\u003e starring Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, and \u003cem\u003eWhen I Live My Life Over Again\u003c\/em\u003e (aka \u003cem\u003eOne More Time\u003c\/em\u003e) starring Christopher Walken, and produced the documentaries \u003cem\u003eSumo East and West\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Last Laugh\u003c\/em\u003e with his wife Ferne Pearlstein. He writes The King's Necktie, a blog about politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763412631840,"sku":"9781682196021","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f2ca8d9bd43f5d49879c049f34980a95.webp?v=1780234889","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/resisting-the-right-how-to-survive-the-gathering-storm-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}