Start Making Sense

Turning the Lessons of Election 2004 into Winning Progressive Politics

Don Hazen and Lakshmi Chaudhry; An AlterNet Book

Start Making Sense is an opening salvo from a chorus of bold American thinkers, writers, and activists on how citizens can deliver U.S. politics from fear and fundamentalism. The message from the leading voices of the new progressive movement is clear: It's time to stop doing politics as usual.

Start Making Sense brings together the best progressive thinkers, critics, and organizers to and offers creative ways to think about organizing, communicating, and investing in the structures and resources required for a lasting, truly democratic grassroots movement.

Let's turn the lessons from election 2004 into winning progressive politics!

About the Editors

Don Hazen is the executive director of the Independent Media Institute and the executive editor of AlterNet. The former publisher of Mother Jones magazine, he has edited several books, most recently After 9/11: Solutions for a Saner World.

Lakshmi Chaudhry is a senior editor at AlterNet. Previously a staff writer at Wired News, she has written for various publications including Mother Jones, The Village Voice, Bitch, and Ms.Magazine. She is coauthor of AlterNet’s book, The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq.

AlterNet is a highly acclaimed Internet information source. Since its inception in 1998, it has grown dramatically and now provides free online content to over 1.5 million readers every month. AlterNet is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism.

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