书目

Give Us Liberty

内容简介

Thisgroundbreakingmanifestoisessentialreadingforteapartyactivists?oranyAmericanseekingtounderstandwhattheTeaPartyisfightingforandwhat'snextforthemovementFormerHouseMajorityLeaderDickArmeyandMattKibbehavebeenonthefrontlinesofoneofthefastest-growingandmostinfluentialpoliticalphenomenainrecentmemory:theTeaPartymovement.AstheleadersoftheadvocacyorganizationFreedomWorks,theyhavehelpedguideandgivevoicetohundredsofthousandsofactivistsfromacrossthecountryandhaveastrongvisionforthefutureofthispowerfulgrassrootsuprising.Unitedbyastrongbeliefinlimitedgovernmentandindividualliberty,TeaPartymembersarechangingtheAmericanpoliticallandscape.UnlikemainstreammediaaccountsthatobservetheTeaPartymovementfromtheoutsidelookingin,GiveUsLibertychroniclestherootsandriseofanewbreedoftaxpayeractivisminthevoicesofthosewhowerethere.Discoverthepersonalitiesthatdrovethefirstmeetings,theunknowncandidateswhoseprincipledstandearnedthemunlikelyvictories,themarchthatgatheredmorethanamillionactivists,andthebedrockbeliefsthatbroughtthemtogether.Inthisnationalcalltoaction,ArmeyandKibbeprovideanintimatehistoryofthemovement,explainhowcitizenscanjointhecause,andchartthefutureoftheTeaParty?andAmerica.GiveUsLibertyalsocontainsabattle-tested,step-by-stepguidetoorganizingandeffectingchangeinanycommunity.

作者简介

DickArmeyservedintheHouseofRepresentativesforeighteenyears,becomingMajorityLeaderin1994.ThatyearhewasthemainauthoroftheContractwithAmerica,whichhelpedRepublicanstakecontroloftheHouseforthefirsttimeinfortyyears.Today,heservesaschairmanofFreedomWorksandleadsthesamepoliticalrevolutionatthegrassrootslevel.

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