Get Up, Stand Up (eBook)

1. The People Divided Versus the Corporatocracy in Control

The Corporatocracy in Control

The People Divided

2. Are the People Broken?

The 1999 Battle of Seattle

The 2000 US Presidential Election

The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Wall Street Bailout

Health Care Reform

The Election of Barack Obama

Labor Unions and Demoralized Working People

The Tea Party Movement

Who, in Large Numbers, Is Fighting for Social justice?

Light Resistance to Major Oppression

Demoralized, Disorganized, Broken, or What?

3. Prelude to Battle: Understanding How the People Learned Powerlessness

Psychological Principles and Techniques for Breaking a Population

Television, Technology, and Zombification

Helplessness in the Age of Isolation, E-Relationships, and Bureaucratization

Broken by Fundamentalist Consumerism and Advertising/Propaganda

Student-Loan Debt and Indentured Servitude

The Normalization of Surveillance

The Decline of Labor Unions and the Loss of Power for Working People

Moneyism, Money-Centric Culture, and Weakness

How Schools Teach Powerlessness

Noncompliance as a Mental Illness

Elitism Training

Liars, Hypocrites, Egomaniacs, and the Corporate Media

The US Electoral System and Learned Helplessness

4. Energy to Do Battle: Liberation Psychology, Individual Self-Respect, and Collective Self-Confidence

Critical Thinking and Morale

Energizing People: Morality and Other Fuels

Healing from "Battered People's Syndrome" and "Corporatocracy Abuse"

Combating Social Isolation and Building Community

Individual Self-Respect and Empowerment

Focus on the Non-Fascist Family: Creating Respectful Relationships

Liberation Psychology

Forging an Alliance among Populists

Inspiration to Overcome Distrust

Collective Self-Confidence: Solidarity and Success

5. Winning the Battle: Solutions, Strategies, and Tactics

Lessons from the Great Populist Revolt

Modern Electoral Politics: Wise or Unwise Battlefield?

The Strategy and Tactics of Disruption

Are Protest Demonstrations Effective?

The Power of Divorce

Twenty-first-Century Abolitionism: Ending Student-Loan Debt Servitude

Workplace Democracy: Worker and Other Co-operatives

Helpful and Harmful Small Victories and Compromises

Crossing the Final Divide

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author