How We Win the Civil War, Steve Phillips
How We Win the Civil War, Steve Phillips
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How We Win the Civil War
Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good

Author: Steve Phillips

Narrator: Bill Andrew Quinn

Unabridged: 13 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/22/2022


Synopsis

Steve Phillips's first book, Brown Is the New White, helped shift the national conversation around race and electoral politics, earning a spot on the New York Times and Washington Post bestseller lists and launching Phillips into the upper ranks of trusted observers of the nation's changing demographics and their implications for our political future.

Now, in How We Win the Civil War, Phillips charts the way forward for progressives and people of color after four years of Trump, arguing that Democrats must recognize the nature of the fight we're in, which is a contest between democracy and white supremacy left unresolved after the Civil War. We will not overcome, Phillips writes, until we govern as though we are under attack—until we finally recognize that the time has come to finish the conquest of the Confederacy and all that it represents.

With his trademark blend of political analysis and historical argument, Phillips lays out razor-sharp prescriptions for 2022 and beyond, from increasing voter participation and demolishing racist immigration policies to reviving the Great Society programs of the 1960s—all of them geared toward strengthening a new multiracial democracy and ridding our politics of white supremacy, once and for all.

About Steve Phillips

Steve Phillips is host of the podcast Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips, founder of the political media organization Democracy in Color, and author of the New York Times and Washington Post bestselling Brown Is the New White as well as How We Win the Civil War. He lives in San Francisco.


Reviews

Goodreads review by John on December 13, 2022

The title refers to finally winning the Civil War of 1861-65. Confederates and their descendants have continued fighting since that war was ostensibly won by Federal forces, using these pillars of strategy: (1) never give an inch (2) ruthlessly rewrite the laws (3) distort public opinion (4) silently sa......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on August 25, 2022

I’ve been waiting for a long time for Mr. Phillips’ follow up to the transformative Brown is the New White, and How We Win the Civil War does not disappoint. In fact, Phillips’ incisive, data-driven narrative is refreshing and reassuring among a field of political commentators who bring no quantitat......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on March 28, 2024

This is a must read for everyone who wants to thrive in a multiracial democracy committed to a more just, equal, and humane society.......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on August 25, 2022

I’ve been waiting for a long time for Mr. Phillips’ follow up to the transformative Brown is the New White, and How We Win the Civil War does not disappoint. In fact, Phillips’ incisive, data-driven narrative is refreshing and reassuring among a field of political commentators who bring no quantitat......more

Goodreads review by Diana on January 23, 2023

Steve Phillips book is a handbook on how to turn red states blue - broadly speaking. But what makes it more interesting than that is the historical context. The book is written in two-parts. The first part traces the history of the US from the civil war to the present showing how persistent the infl......more