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"You can spend your time agonizing or organizing." -- Dorothy Day
December's Lowdown
Corporate elites and their small-minded political servants are creating the Incredibly Shrinking America
"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." What a paragraph! This sparse, 52-word opening of our Constitution did not merely launch a fledgling nation--but a bold experiment in democratic idealism.
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Where to get "Swim Against the Current"
Psst, Lowdowners! Here's the book the Powers-That-Be do not want Americans knowing about much less reading!
The reason is that Hightower’s new book, written with his longtime co-conspirator, Susan DeMarco, urges people to escape the corporate tentacles and live their progressive values. They’ve written SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT by telling more than 50 uplifting stories of
individuals and groups who are doing exactly that in such varied pursuits as business, politics, health care, food, and religion.
What Lowdowners can do
To help make the corporate media have to take notice
of the positive progressive message of SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT, one big thing that Lowdown readers can do, if you’re so inclined, is to buy your copy of the book NOW. Pre-orders and early purchase have a major impact on booksellers, reviewers, and media outlets. In addition to your local bookstore, here are three easy sources: