NYC Event: Bestselling Author to Discuss The Rise
of Populism Across the Country

Book includes behind-the-scenes chapter on the rise of the Working Families Party

NEW YORK, NY//May 1, 2008///On May 30th and June 3rd, bestselling author and nationally syndicated columnist David Sirota will appear at public events in New York City to discuss his newest book, THE UPRISING: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street & Washington(Crown Publishers, May 2008).

THE UPRISING, which follows Sirota’s NY Times bestseller Hostile Takeover (2006), reports on today’s seething popular discontent on both the Right and Left, which is creating a new populist political movement roiling the 2008 presidential campaign. From negotiations on Capitol Hill to an ExxonMobil stockholder meeting and the dusty campsite of the Minutemen guarding the U.S.-Mexico border, Sirota traveled the United States to report on this anger and the populist uprising it is creating. The book includes a chapter on populism in New York politics, with Sirota reporting on the Working Families Party’s efforts to throw control of the State Senate to Democrats. Publishers Weekly says Sirota “weaves entertaining case studies, keeping his tone conversational, the narrative fast-paced and the content accessible,” adding that “this book presents a rousing account of the local uprisings already in effect.”

The book traces the historical roots of populism, from its start in the rural West all the way to the present. It also explores the ongoing efforts to thwart populism, including a close look at the Democratic Party’s construction of the “superdelegate” system now playing a key role in the presidential campaign. THE UPRISING features exclusive reporting on icons across the political spectrum, from CNN’s Lou Dobbs, to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, to ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillorsen to Senate candidate Ned Lamont. It is all narrative reporting, and shows why Molly Ivins hailed Sirota as “a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are ‘Who’s getting screwed’ and ‘Who’s doing the screwing?’”

For interview requests or review copies, please contact Kate Pinnick at (219) 841-9314 or708-469-7438 or kate@shrevewilliams.com

NEW YORK CITY EVENTS INFO

May 30, 7:00pm to 8:30pm: David Sirota will appear at the Riverside Church for a panel discussion entitled "The Underground Uprising: Alternate Routes to Social Justice In the 21st Century." The panel will Bertha Lewis, head of New York ACORN and Leslie Lowe of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility – two leaders featured in Sirota’s book. Location: Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive New York, New York. Event is open to the media and the public - and books will be available at the event for sale.

June 3, 7:00pm-8:30pm: David Sirota will appear at a panel discussion about THE UPRISING’s exploration of how events in New York state politics are influencing populism across the country. The event will be sponsored by the Progressive States Network, Drum Major Institute and Working Families Party and will feature Sirota, New York state senator Eric Schneiderman, Working Families Party executive director Dan Cantor, Progressive States' Joel Barkin and Drum Major Institute's Andrea Batista Schlesinger. Location: The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway (at 12th St.), New York, NY.

BOOK INFO

More about The Uprising and the nationwide book tour schedule: http://www.davidsirota.com/uprising
High resolution photo of the book’s cover: http://www.davidsirota.com/images/uprisingcover-highres.tif
High resolution photo of the book’s author: http://www.davidsirota.com/sirotahighres.jpg

AUTHOR INFO

David Sirota is a political journalist, nationally syndicated columnist and bestselling author. He got his start in politics as the spokesman for Vermont Rep. Bernie Sanders, then helped elect Brian Schweitzer governor of Montana, and then served as a top aide to Ned Lamont in Connecticut’s 2006 senate race. He is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economics. His weekly Creators Syndicate column appears in newspapers with a combined daily circulation of more than 1.6 million readers. That includes, among others, the Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times and Idaho Statesman.

CONTACT:
Kate Pinnick at (219) 841-9314 or 708-469-7438 or
kate@shrevewilliams.com

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