It's time to do more than protest.
David Faris is the author of Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age- Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt, the co-editor of Social Media in Iran- Politics and Society after 2009, and a regular contributor to The Week. He is associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
“In [this] short, bracing book, David Faris ... argues that
Democrats should immediately use every lever they have to gum up
the works in Washington, to ensure they win full control of
government.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
“A bracing polemic . . . American democracy could disappear
altogether within our own lifetimes. Everyone who wants to avoid
that catastrophe must read his book.”
—THE GUARDIAN US
“The most detailed case against the Return to Normalcy—let’s call
it the Normal Is Over side of the debate—is advanced by the
political scientist David Faris in his new book.”
—POLITICO
“Political scientist David Faris makes a compelling case that
court-packing—along with statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico and
other reforms—amounts to a prerequisite for lasting progressive
change.”
—JACOBIN
“Should be mandatory reading by every Dem leader.”
—DAILY KOS
“[Faris] advocates a number of astringent, constitutionally legal
challenges to a system that has hardly served the American public,
let alone Democrats, well . . . A worthy contribution to the
ongoing American experiment.”
—BOOKLIST
“Blueprints to make sure that Republicans never force the rest of
the country into their most nightmarish fantasies.”
—GQ
“There are more of us than there are of them, so let’s fight like
it: resist Trump and embolden the Democrats. It’s Time to Fight
Dirty is our roadmap to a fairer democracy and an America we want
to live in. If we listen to David Faris, it’s a fight we can
win.”
—David Daley, author of Ratf**ked
“Go get the book. Read it for yourself. This is the playbook, this
is what we need to do, this is how we draw the line.”
—THE BENJAMIN DIXON SHOW
“A playbook the left can use to get more power without having to
change the Constitution, and they can do a lot.”
—Ezra Klein, VOX
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