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050	0	0	_aJK1726 _b.M69 2008
082	0	0	_a320.973 MOY
100	1		_aMoyers, Bill D.
245	1	0	_aMoyers on democracy _c/ Bill Moyers
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Doubleday _c, c2008.
300			_axii, 404 p. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aVeteran journalist and author Moyers (Moyers on America, The Power of Myth) staunchly attacks conservative government as one of "millions of Americans [who] are restless to get on with [their] revolution." In this volume--a collection of speeches, addresses, talks and lectures from as far back as the '80s--Moyers argues that participatory citizenship breathes life into American democracy, and whatever undermines active citizenship threatens to destroy the system. Moyers reminds readers that the U.S. stands "on the shoulders of brave ghosts," and challenges them to treat, with courage, the country's socio-political ills. The author provides illustrative portraits of dear friends like Fred Friendly and Hubert Humphrey, positioning himself among passionate journalists and left-leaning politicians. Some may recoil from his lobbyist outrage (they "hide... behind the flag while ripping off a country in crisis"), but his long-lived devotion to the American ideal of self-governance, on the whole, guides him well.
600	1	0	_aMoyers, Bill D.
650		0	_aMass Media
650		0	_aPress _x--United States
651			_aGreat Britain _x-History _y-Henry VIII,1509-1547 _v--Biography
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