The Revolution Will Not Be Televised cover

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

by Joe Trippi

In this book Trippi tells the story of the Howard Dean campaign 2004. Even though the campaign itself was not successful, it was very important and felt rather like a fresh start for the way campaigns can be done with the help of the internet. Dean was after all a candidat without money and the internet helped him through grassroot support to a unforseen publicity. Trippi claims that it once again empowers the people to participate activly in the political process, after so many years of television had reduced them to manipulable couch potatoes. Also the Youth is participating once again. Howard Deans campaign can be seen as the unsucessful prototype of more successful Obama campaign 2008.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?