Madame President: The Unauthorized Biography of the First Green Party President
- ISBN-10
- 0974927449
- ISBN-13
- 9780974927442
- Series
- Madame President
- Category
- Political fiction
- Pages
- 431
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Author
- Mark A. Dunlea
Description
An introduction to Green politics. Imagine if a Green had been President on 9/11. A Green vision of how another world is possible. "A fast-paced mixture of politics, sex and the counterculture. A must read for anyone interested in third-party politics. If you liked Stupid White Men, you'll love MADAME PRESIDENT." (Grandpa) Al Lewis."This book provides hope to those who want to build a world based on peace and justice. Another World is Possible." Medea Benjamin, cofounder of Code Pink and Global Exchange. The book is an alternative history. It makes two major historical changes. One, the 2000 presidential election is decided by the Electoral College, not by the Supreme Court. Second, a Green is President on September 11, 2001.The book imagines how the world would be different if these two changes had occurred.Rachel Moreno, a nurse and single mother active in the movement for universal health care and against corporate globalization, is the Green Party's vice-presidential candidate in the disputed Presidential election in 2000. When the election is thrown to the Electoral College, she is chosen VP in exchange for the Greens helping to elect the Democrat.Under suspicious circumstances, Rachel assumes the Presidency on the eve of 9/11 and the tragic death of her son in the World Trade Center. She orders the third hijacked plane shot down, but rebuffs Congress' effort to launch military strikes against Afghanistan, instead pushing for the terrorists to be tried as criminals. Her efforts to build a more just world are confronted by an angry Congress determined to go to war and CEOs outraged about her Justice Department's prosecution of corporate crime. Forced to confront the pressing social issues of our time, Rachel puts into practice a Green vision for the environment, health care, feminism, racism, energy and foreign policy.The book also explores the key social, environmental and culture challenges of the last two decades: global warming, globalization, apartheid, Redwood Summer, health care, AIDS, same-sex marriages, pesticides, Ecofeminism, nuclear power, welfare, water, corporate crime, campaign finance reform, Israel-Palestine, childcare, Colombia, solar power, civil disobedience, music, Indy Media, anarchism, pay equality. A Forrest Gump of the counterculture. It explores why the Bush administration has fought so hard to block the investigation of 9/11.
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