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Stephen Smith is a voice from and for the next generation of fighters for social justice, giving his colleagues an introduction to grassroots organizing based on his own experiences in places as diverse as Harvard University, Botswana and Chicago. For four years, he was the lead organizer of PACT, a grassroots organization for young adults affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation. Stoking the Fire of Democracy explains how organizations are built and sustained, how they go into action around issues of common concern, how they exercise power, and how they learn from their successes and failures. For young people who want to know what comes next, this book will help them become what Saul Alinksy called the fire under the boiler of democracy.

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Stephen Smith has done a superb job in demonstrating that democracy is not a spectator sport. His footing is sure, strong and steady, and with this book he charts the course for other could-be radicals who desire to seize the power and ultimately determine the destiny of our democratic experiment. -- Jacquiline Y. Collins Illinois State Senator Stoking the Fire of Democracy is a remarkable, well-written, and insightful account of the search for a way to turn democratic promise into practice. -- Marshall Ganz Harvard Kennedy School If we don't have strong grassroots organizing, the age of Obama will become another neoliberal moment--another missed opportunity for empowering poor and working people! -- Cornel West Princeton University

Stoking the Fire of Democracy is a remarkable, well-written, and insightful account of the search for a way to turn democratic promise into practice. -- Marshall Ganz Harvard Kennedy School Stephen Smith has done a superb job in demonstrating that democracy is not a spectator sport. His footing is sure, strong and steady, and with this book he charts the course for other could-be radicals who desire to seize the power and ultimately determine the destiny of our democratic experiment. -- Jacquiline Y. Collins Illinois State Senator If we don't have strong grassroots organizing, the age of Obama will become another neoliberal moment--another missed opportunity for empowering poor and working people! -- Cornel West Princeton University

If we don't have strong grassroots organizing, the age of Obama will become another neoliberal moment--another missed opportunity for empowering poor and working people! -- Cornel West Princeton University

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