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MICHAEL J. LANSING READS FROM INSURGENT DEMOCRACY

November 12, 2015, 7:00-8:30 p.m. | Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.

Image of book cover of Insurgent Democracy: The Nonpartisan League in North American Politics by Michael J. Lansing. Image of a farmer sowing seeds in a field with the word "democracy" spelled out in the seeds.

Insurgent Democracy offers a new look at the Nonpartisan League and a new way to understand its rise and fall in the United States and Canada. Lansing argues that, rather than a spasm of populist rage that inevitably burned itself out, the story of the League is in fact an instructive example of how popular movements can create lasting change. Depicting the League as a transnational response to economic inequity, Lansing not only resurrects its story of citizen activism, but also allows us to see its potential to inform contemporary movements.