- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Blackamber Books (14 Jan 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906413231
- ISBN-13: 978-1906413231
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells the story of a visionary leader who refuses to be limited by America s history and determines instead to change it. His plan for change is the latest expression of a movement for justice: a movement that has swept forward with the collective energy of great leaders like Martin Luther King, Robert F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, Harold Washington, Chicago s first black Mayor, and countless others who have bent the arc of morality towards justice.
By looking at the biography of the man, this mixed race Hawaiian with Kenyan and Kansan parents, a window on America in twenty-first century is revealed. His life touches and is touched by a sinking community of Chicago s South Side. He challenges the lazy assumptions of American racial discourse. He creates an argument for political change and a different America. He wins a presidential election few thought possible when his formidable campaign was launched.
Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells a story for our times. It is not the story of a single man. It is the story of a movement and of the people who drove the movement forward. It is a new American story that will cascade down the generations. America has changed and Barack Obama's story tells us how and why and what we can expect.
By looking at the biography of the man, this mixed race Hawaiian with Kenyan and Kansan parents, a window on America in twenty-first century is revealed. His life touches and is touched by a sinking community of Chicago s South Side. He challenges the lazy assumptions of American racial discourse. He creates an argument for political change and a different America. He wins a presidential election few thought possible when his formidable campaign was launched.
Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells a story for our times. It is not the story of a single man. It is the story of a movement and of the people who drove the movement forward. It is a new American story that will cascade down the generations. America has changed and Barack Obama's story tells us how and why and what we can expect.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anthony Painter's BARACK OBAMA: THE MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE ought to be required reading for anyone who votes. The most important thing about this book is the way Painter puts the rise of Obama into historical context. He begins his book with an exceptionally moving and articulate description of how the progressive forces of US politics and society were destroyed in the late 60s. As Lyndon Johnson's `Great Society' was derailed by Vietnam, the charismatic figures who may have rescued it - Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy - were gunned down. Painter suggests, quite rightly, that Robert Kennedy's assassination was a greater tragedy for America than that of his brother - Robert's lost presidency remains the most painful `if only' of recent US history.
Painter's description of the rise of the Neo Cons was of un-surpassing excellence - the reader almost wants to jump up and hiss! The Reaganites and the later Neo Cons made the fostering of false class conscience their most successful and diabolical tool:
'Much of America votes against its own self-interest
Cultural angeris marshalled to achieve economic ends...
When we add an anti-elitist hue to the mix, it becomes
easier to see how people end up, paradoxically,voting
Republican to show their displeasure with Wall Street...'
The chapters devoted to Obama's rise and political career are utterly fascinating. The snake pit of Chicago and Illinois politics is brilliantly conveyed - in a manner reminiscent of Jacobean drama.
This is an excellent book - and the author is, I hope, rightly optimistic. It was more than apt that Painter ended the book with Martin Luther King's eloquent description of the history of social progress in the USA as a `long arc that is bending towards justice.'
Painter's description of the rise of the Neo Cons was of un-surpassing excellence - the reader almost wants to jump up and hiss! The Reaganites and the later Neo Cons made the fostering of false class conscience their most successful and diabolical tool:
'Much of America votes against its own self-interest
Cultural angeris marshalled to achieve economic ends...
When we add an anti-elitist hue to the mix, it becomes
easier to see how people end up, paradoxically,voting
Republican to show their displeasure with Wall Street...'
The chapters devoted to Obama's rise and political career are utterly fascinating. The snake pit of Chicago and Illinois politics is brilliantly conveyed - in a manner reminiscent of Jacobean drama.
This is an excellent book - and the author is, I hope, rightly optimistic. It was more than apt that Painter ended the book with Martin Luther King's eloquent description of the history of social progress in the USA as a `long arc that is bending towards justice.'
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've just read this having finished Obama's Dreams From My Father and found it an excellent companion read, putting Obama's personal story into its historical context and helping me to understand the movement as well as the man. This book helps you to view Obama's place not just as the first black president but also his place as a Democrat president, while the descriptions of his Chicago years are a must read for anyone working in politics, or thinking about it. I both enjoyed reading it and learned a lot from it - so nice to find a book that does both.
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