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American Crisis, Southern Solutions NewSouth Books Editor Anthony Dunbar and sixteen Southern writers, historians, business- and labor watchers, and philosophers—anchored by economist and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall—reexamine some of the issues raised in the 2004 collection of essays, Where We Stand, Voices of Southern Dissent. That volume warned of the dangers of reelecting George W. Bush and of white Southerners unquestioningly casting their political lot with fundamentalism and conservatism. Here, nine of the 2004 essayists and nine new ones offer provocative suggestions for a fresh path America should follow in governance, international affairs, the environment, workplace security, freedom of the press, and immigration reform. They present “Southern Solutions,” based upon Southern experience, to a nation that has drifted far off course.
Reviews “American Crisis, Southern Solutions is the political season’s smart-to-read book, bringing a new and different ‘Southern’ perspective. Much has been written about the success Southern conservatives and ‘evangelicals’ have had hijacking America’s political agenda. This book counters that message of ignoring the poor, excluding minorities, and sending our troops around the globe, and shows that in the Southern experience of fighting injustice and inequality there are vital lessons and solutions for our entire nation today.”
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