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In their own words and their own voices, these contributors prove that ordinary citizens can make a difference. They offer practical resources to turn inspiration into action. From effective online petitions to getting out informed voters, this empowering audio is an essential guide for being involved based on one criterion: a heartfelt desire to better our communities and country.
MoveOn.org is an online activist group with more than two million members. Wes Boyd and Joan Blades started MoveOn in 1998 with a simple petition encouraging Congress to censure President Clinton and then "move on." It has become the catalyst for a monumental change occurring in political activism, that of individuals stepping up, speaking out, and pooling their political clout.
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“Both nuts-and-bolts practical and deeply personal, this book is political Viagra for anyone tired of feeling hopeless, helpless, and impotent in the face of our big money/big media–controlled political system.”
— Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist
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“I am deeply grateful for MoveOn, and everything they do, including this wonderful book.”
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“MoveOn made the world of campaign strategists sit up and take notice.”
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“Political operatives see MoveOn as the wave of the future.”
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“The hottest political organization in American progressive circles.”
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“It’s not a book to curl up with in front of the fire, it’s meant to be thrown into a backpack or purse on the way to the next protest, campaign rally, or discussion group.”
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“[An] inspiring audiobook.”
— Publishers Weekly
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About MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org is a community of more than 8 million Americans from all walks of life who use innovative technology to lead, participate in, and win campaigns for progressive change. For nearly fifteen years, the MoveOn family of organizations have used online tools to lower the barriers to participation in our democracy, so real Americans have a voice in the political process.
About the Narrators
Al Gore, former vice president of the United States, is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple Inc.’s board of directors. Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis. Gore was elected to the United States House of Representatives four times and the Senate twice. He served eight years as vice president. He authored the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, and Our Choice. He was a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Joan Blades is co-founder of MoveOn.org and Berkeley Systems with her husband, Wes Boyd. She is also co-founder and president of MomsRising.org. She is on the steering committee of “Reuniting America: A Transpartisan Campaign of Political Reconciliation” (ReunitingAmerica.org), a group engaging people from diverse political points of view in respectful dialogue that leads to creative, breakthrough solutions to the challenges facing our nation.
Edoardo Ballerini, an American actor, director, film producer, and multiaward–winning narrator. He has won several Audie Awards for best narration, including for 2019’s Best Male Narrator of the Year. He was named by Booklist as winner of their 2023 Voice of Choice Award, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, from classics to modern masters, from bestsellers to the inspirational, from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to spine-tingling series, and much more. In television and film, he is best known for his roles in A Murder at the End of the World, The Sopranos, 24, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dinner Rush, and Romeo Must Die. He is also trained in theater and continues to do much work on stage.