David Sirota and NDFA - four events!

Written by: Sandra Verthein on May 21, 2008 5:47 AM EDT

Linked to groups: Northside DFA

Progressive journalist and New York Times best selling author David Sirota will doing FOUR upcoming events with Northside DFA as part of the tour for his new book, The Uprising:

Book Signing at Borders - co-sponsored by Northside DFA
- Thursday, June 19th, 12:30 pm
- Borders on State Street
- 150 North State St., Chicago
- the event includes a speach and a Q&A session
- http://democracyforamerica.com/events/29307-david-sirota-book-signing-at-borders

Panel Discussion at In These Times office - co-sponsored by Northside DFA
- Thursday, June 19th, 7:30 pm
- In These Times office
- 2040 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago
- Sirota will be joined by fellow authors Thomas Geoghegan and Rick Perlstein in a panel discussion about the history of Sirota's new book, The Uprising, and its roots in Chicago's activist politics,
- http://democracyforamerica.com/events/29308-david-sirota-and-in-these-times-panel-discussion

Backyard Reception with David Sirota - proceeds benefit Northside DFA
- Friday, June 20, 6:00 pm
- at the home of Jim and Lisa Ginsburg
- 5255 N. Lakewood, Chicago
- SPACE WILL BE LIMITED
- tickets are $50 for NDFA voting members (see note below), $250 sponsors, $100 all others
- https://actblue.com/page/sirota

Forum at Loyola "Money and Power" - sponsored by Northside DFA
- Saturday, June 21, 2:00 p.m.
- at Loyola University, Simpson Multipurpose Room
- 6333 N. Winthrop (Winthrop and Sheridan), Chicago
- http://democracyforamerica.com/events/29309-david-sirota-at-loyola-money-power

David Sirota is the author of Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--and How We Take It Back, is Senior Editor at the progressive newsmagazine In These Times, writes a regular column for The Nation, and has a nationally syndicated column which appears in newspapers with a combined daily circulation of 1.6 million. He has appeared as a guest on The Colbert Report, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, PBS Now, Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNBC, and NPR. Sirota is on the board of the Progressive States Network, has worked for progressive candidates including Ned Lamont and Sherrod Brown, and was a press aide and then spokesman for Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist independent at-large Representative from Vermont.

Molly Ivans once said "Sirota is a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are 'Who's getting screwed?' and 'Who's doing the screwing?'"

The Uprising is Sirotas new book about the re-emergence of populist politics on both the Right and Left in America. The book, published by Crown, will be released on May 27th, 2008. The Uprising is all new, firsthand investigative reporting from across the country, showing how populism has become a dominant political force in both national and local politics. Sirota takes us far from the media spotlight into the trenches where real change is happening - from the headquarters of the most powerful third party in America to the bowels of the U.S. Senate; from the auditorium of an ExxonMobil shareholder meeting to the quasi-military staging area of a vigilante force on the Mexican border.

THESE WILL BE DON'T MISS EVENTS!

For more information on David Sirota. The Uprising, and a full list of his tour event go to:
http://www.davidsirota.com/uprising/

See you there!

Sandra Verthein
Chair, Northside DFA
http://democracyforamerica.com/groups/247-northside-dfa

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