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Adam Gurri's avatar

Congratulations, John! I hope this is just the beginning for you.

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PJRichards's avatar

CONGRATULATIONS JG !!! On another note - the Harpers piece literally made me cry - so deep - so complex - so much searching and seeking - dreams of my .... - feeling like a ghost. Such an authentic honest portrayal of your experience. Just wow - really. Thank you for that.

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Beth Ganz's avatar

Congratulations John! The culmination of 4 plus years of very hard work! Looking forward to tonight.

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Sam Tobin-Hochstadt's avatar

Congratulations, John. This is an awesome achievement. I can't wait to read it.

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Steve Auerbach's avatar

Congrat... read the baffler article. But... Still missing HOW and WHY racist theocratic non-economic populism went from trivial minority to winning. I suggest an and/also must include combination of rise one sided right wing media with edits of fairness doctrine and Limbaugh/Murdoch takeover of airwaves promoting racist misogyny right wing non-economic populism and then add to this failures of bipartisan neoliberalism from carter-reagan-bush-clinton-obam; cutting taxes for rich, suppressing wages for workers and breaking

unions, deregulation, corporations (ceo class, wall street and their lobbyists) as people. The why left economic populism (Sander/Warren, Nation, American Prospect) never able to gain dominance (because corporate media not I terest (case example the oganized advertising boycott against attempt to have commercial left radio network). The Rise in white resentment required both education and stoking, and the lack of widespread counter narrative being able to counter it. And the real despair of hollowed out middle and working which goes back to mid-19070s, not 1991.

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John Ganz's avatar

read the book!

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DBR's avatar

It is a compelling read

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SM's avatar

Congrats John from a long time reader and commenter. Book was pre ordered for many months and excited now to read!

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James Talley's avatar

Been getting paranoid that I only imagined pre-ordering months upon months ago, but got my email notifying me the book has shipped...shortly after reading this from you. Also: that Harper's piece--damn, whoa, and other one-word expressions of my admiration and blown-awayness.

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Jimmy Business's avatar

Lfg, started the audiobook

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Keith's avatar

Congrats on getting this good book done! I will be buying a copy soon.

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John Salvati's avatar

Congrats! Already received my Kindle copy!

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Oblomovism's avatar

Congratulations, John! Can't wait to get stuck into it.

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Battered by Discourse's avatar

Congratulations. Looking forward to starting the book today and finishing the Harper’s article.

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J.J. Molloy's avatar

hi John. The lengthy review in the WaPo book section was both glowing and intriguing. Although I really value and enjoy your writing (hence my membership here), I actually wasn't sure if I was gonna buy the book. I consume enough depressing information about modern politics as it is, so I prefer to read nonfiction books about conflicts/issues/people from the comfortably distant past. But the figures and movements you write about, as conveyed in the review, were fascinating. An electorate that could take Trump seriously, let alone elect him, didn't come out of nowhere.

I will be purchasing the book! Good luck, I have no doubt the book will do well.

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Kevin masback's avatar

Fantastic to hear! Congratulations!!

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patrick's avatar

Hi John. You wouldn’t happen to know if there are any English-language bookstores in Berlin that would be likely to have the book?

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patrick's avatar

Since I can’t edit - congratulations on the release I’ve been looking forward since this was announced

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John Ganz's avatar

I don't know if its available in europe yet!

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patrick's avatar

Damn. Guess I’ll go looking. Earned punishment for not being a Preorder Patriot

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