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1. REVOLUTIONARY MOMENTS AND RUPTURES
REVOLUTIONARY MOMENTS: LESSONS FROM THE FRENCH AND CUBAN REVOLUTIONS
NEW CONCEPT OF SHARED HUMANITY
ELEMENTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT
BEYOND VANGUARDISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
CLASSICAL MUSIC MEETS JAZZ
REPARATIONS AND REVOLUTION
NEW MILITANTS AND SITES OF POLITICS
2. THE POLITICAL TRAINING OF BARACK OBAMA
UBUNTU AND NON-RACIAL DEMOCRACY
TOOTS AND THE DIGNITY OF WORK
TRAINING AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN CHICAGO
SEARCHING FOR LIFE PURPOSE AND HEALING IN KENYA
MICHELLE ROBINSON: THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL
3. CONFRONTING RACISM AND SEXISM IN US POLITICS
PHASE I: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND “THREE-FIFTHS OF A HUMAN”
PHASE II: THE CIVIL WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY
PHASE III: AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZING AND THE HARRIET TUBMAN PRINCIPLES
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE THIRD PHASE
BENJAMIN TILLMAN, SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE, AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF RACISM
LONG-TERM LEGACIES OF THE THIRD PHASE
EUGENICS AND THE IDEOLOGICAL VICTORY OF THE SOUTH
EUGENICS AND TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY
CONCLUSION: DEMOCRATIZATION AS A PROCESS
BEYOND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIBERAL THOUGHT
4. GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING CONFRONTS THE MACHINE
REVOLUTIONS BY ORDINARY PEOPLE – THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OBAMA’S LEARNING FROM THE ELLA BAKER PRINCIPLES
THE CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE RISE OF THE OBAMA PHENOMENON
THE ATTEMPTED INTERVENTION OF JESSE JACKSON
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE HIERARCHY OF POWER
LEADERISM, VANGUARDISM, AND THE PARTY BOSS
TECHNOCRATS, BOSSES, AND POLITICAL PATRONAGE
FROM BOSSES TO POLITICAL CONSULTANTS
THE CLINTONS INHERIT THE PARTY MACHINERY
5. FRACTAL WISDOM AND OPTIMISM IN THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN OF 2008
CAMPAIGNING AS A HUMAN BEING, NOT A BLACK CANDIDATE
SCALING, SELF-SIMILARITY, AND RECURSION IN THE CAMPAIGN
PROVING GROUND IN SOUTH CAROLINA
BUILDING A NATIONAL PRESENCE AND BOTTOM-UP FUNDRAISING
OBAMA’S AMAZING MONEY MACHINE
THE STRUGGLES IN THE PRIMARIES
THE CENTRALITY OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
THE INTERVENTION OF THE YOUTH VOTE AND THE GRASSROOTS
THE CENTRALITY OF RACISM IN US POLITICS
INTERNAL COLLAPSE OF THE VAST CLINTON APPARATUS
6. BETWEEN THE PAST AND THEFUTURE: THE DEMOCRATICNATIONAL CONVENTION
NEW AND OLD FORCES AT THE CONVENTION
SHADOWS OF THE PAST AND THE DENVER SETTING
THE PROMISE OF A GREEN CONVENTION
T. BOONE PICKENS AND FORGIVENESS
INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS IN DENVER
THE CLINTON BRIGADE IN DENVER
MICHELLE OBAMA AND THE CAUCUSES
THE LATINO/HISPANIC CAUCUS AT THE CONVENTION
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AND MARKETING THE CANDIDATE
7. GROUND OPERATION FOR VICTORY: CHALLENGING THE RUTHLESSNESS OF THE WOUNDED CORPORATE BANKERS
RUTHLESSNESS AND RECKLESSNESS
THE WORLD OF DERIVATIVES, POLITICS, AND RUTHLESSNESS
FINANCIALIZATION AS ECONOMIC TERRORISM
HENRY PAULSON AND THE DRAMA OF THE MOMENT OF SEPTEMBER
OBAMA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
THE LEGACIES OF JESSE HELMS IN NORTH CAROLINA
RESPECT, EMPOWER, INCLUDE – OBSERVING THE GROUND OPERATION AT FIRST HAND
YOUTH ACTIVISTS AND THE WALL OF HOPE
TOLERANCE AND THE NETWORKS
ROWAN COUNTY AND SALISBURY TOWN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND CROSSING INTO SOUTH CAROLINA
THE NERVE CENTER IN RALEIGH-DURHAM
8. BEYOND MESSIAHS: NETWORKS FOR PEACE AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
THE TRAP OF MESSIANISM AND MILITARISM
LIBERALISM, MISSIONISM, AND THE LONG WAR
WOULD OBAMA END UP LIKE TOUSSAINT?
NETWORKING AND SOLIDARITY
THE PEACE, ANTI-RACIST, AND REPARATIONS NODES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
PEACE AND THE MEANING OF WORK
REVOLUTION AND THE TIPPING POINT
PEACE AND THE INHERITANCE OF BLACK LIBERATION
PROGRESSIVE WOMEN AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT
9. UBUNTU AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY REVOLUTION
THE SETTING AND THE CHALLENGES
UBUNTU, QUANTUM POLITICS, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, A FRACTAL OUTLOOK, AND QUANTUM LEAPS
UBUNTU, SELF-ORGANIZATION, AND SELF-MOBILIZATION
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE SECOND REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES
UBUNTU, SELF-ORGANIZATION, AND NEW LEADERSHIP
NEW LEADERSHIP AND OPTIMISM IN SOCIETY
OPTIMISM AS A POLITICAL ACT