Start making sense : turning the lessons of election 2004 into winning progressive politics / edited by Don Hazen and Lakshmi Chaudhry.

"An AlterNet Book."

Introduction -- Looking back -- Understanding the election -- Making sense of election 2004 / Don Hazen -- Interview with Howard Dean -- Interview with Arianna Huffington -- November 3rd theses / Adam Werbach -- Interview with Adam Werbach -- Fear and loathing: from 9/11/01 to 11/2/04 / Vivian Dent -- Interview with Van Jones -- Progressive victories / Evan Derkacz -- Interview with David Soares -- Voters, fighters, citizens, youth / Zack Pelta-Heller -- Election by the numbers -- Understanding the right wing -- The conservative message machine money matrix / Don Hazen -- Interview with George Lakoff -- Interview with Robert Greenwald -- Interview with Amy Goodman -- Televangelism on the rise / Jeffrey Chester -- Fighting dirty / David Morris -- Looking forward -- The Iraq war -- Rethinking Iraq / Lakshmi Chaudhry -- Interview with Naomi Klein -- The reality of war -- How to end the Iraq war / Tom Hayden -- The culture war -- The return of the culture war / Lakshmi Chaudhry -- Liberal contemptuousness for the American electorate / Michael Lerner -- The faith factor / Barbara Ehrenreich -- The democrats' religion problem / Jim Wallis -- Economic populism -- The new economic populism / Lakshmi Chaudhry -- Interview with Thomas Frank -- Interview with Jim Hightower -- Interview with Andy Stern -- The death of environmentalism / Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus -- Getting active -- Where to start -- Taking action / Don Hazen -- Interview with Wes Boyd -- Interview with Colin Greer -- Twelve-step program for progressive victories / Don Hazen -- Action reform -- Kumbaya time again: organizing for success / Dan Carol -- Election reform / Chellie Pingree -- Don't just mobilize--organize / Jane McAlevey -- Taking the initiative / David D. Schmidt -- Independent media -- How to work with your local media / Holly Minch -- Indy media outlets / Evan Derkacz -- The blogging revolution / Markos Moulitsas Zúniga -- The top ten blogs -- Do-it-yourself organizing -- How to hold a house party / Rachel Neumann -- Shop blue / Deanna Zandt -- The audacity of hope / Barack Obama.