Why bad governments happen to good people, paperback/danny katch

The election of Donald Trump has sent the United States and the world into uncharted waters, with a bigoted, petty man-child at the head of the planets most powerful empire.

Danny Katch indicts the hollowness of the US political system that led to Trumps rise and puts forward a vision for a real alternative: a democracy that works for the people.

Danny Katch is an activist and humorist often accused of not knowing the difference.

He writes a regular column for SocialistWorker.

org and his articles have appeared in Truthout, ZNet, and the New York Daily News .

He is the author of Socialism .

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