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They know that reclaiming democracy means coming to. New american spring is specifically designed as the program for this revitalization. How regular americans are rebelling against the elite to reclaim our democracy kindle edition by schlichter, kurt. Gar alperovitzs expert diagnosis of the longterm structural crisis of the american economic and political system is accompanied by detailed. Reclaiming american democracy welcome to reclaiming american democracy a blog that calls for widespread activist civic participation in an ongoing pro big d democracy in america movement that will not only challenge the presumptive inevitability of current business and politics as usual but attempt to offer and describe a clear alternative path into our collective futures.