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| An historical opportunity | |
| 2004 - What were they thinking? | p. 3 |
| An historic opportunity for political realignment | p. 7 |
| Getting up off the floor - the battle to stop the privatization of social security | p. 14 |
| Addressing their self interest | |
| The six categories of self interest | p. 29 |
| Physical needs | p. 34 |
| Control over your life | p. 38 |
| The need for structure | p. 40 |
| Community, human interaction and affirmation | p. 44 |
| Intellectual stimulation | p. 46 |
| Meaning, purpose and identity | p. 47 |
| From garbage cans to the meaning of life | p. 50 |
| Targets for communication | |
| Whom do we have to move in order to convert this historic opportunity into progressive realignment? | p. 55 |
| Categories of message targets | p. 60 |
| Activists | p. 63 |
| Contributors | p. 77 |
| Opinion molders | p. 82 |
| Leaders | p. 98 |
| Constituency groups | p. 112 |
| Earned media - the press | p. 126 |
| The principles of political communication | |
| Persuadable and mobilizable voters | p. 147 |
| The nine qualities | p. 150 |
| Six motivational messages for GOTV | p. 176 |
| Symbols | p. 182 |
| Addressing the emotions and unconscious | p. 189 |
| Framing and naming | p. 197 |
| Talking to normal people | p. 201 |
| Planning a message campaign | p. 210 |
| Breaking through | p. 228 |
| Message context | p. 235 |
| Controlling the dialogue | p. 239 |
| The "inherent" conflict between persuasion and mobilization is a myth | p. 247 |
| Planning campaigns | |
| Winning elections : persuading "persuadables," mobilizing "mobilizables" | p. 251 |
| Battling for the progressive agenda - issue campaigns | p. 270 |
| Conducting a legislative issue campaign | p. 279 |
| Campaigns aimed at government agencies | p. 290 |
| Campaigns aimed at corporations | p. 292 |
| Organizing for victory | |
| Organizations and their capabilities | p. 303 |
| The qualities of great organizers | p. 306 |
| The importance of organization - an example : campaign field operations | p. 327 |
| The battle over values - the right is wrong | |
| Two contrasting sets of values | p. 359 |
| What are progressive values? | p. 374 |
| The progressive view of labor, wages, income and the control of wealth | p. 389 |
| The progressive vision for the future | |
| It's a high stakes game | p. 403 |
| Seven million years of social evolution - diamond's analysis | p. 405 |
| The choices we make | p. 422 |
| Challenges of the future - the context | p. 434 |
| The challenges we face : massive environmental damage | p. 438 |
| The challenges we face : climate change | p. 443 |
| The challenges we face : acts by hostile neighbors - the impact of inter-group violence and breakdown of security | p. 453 |
| The challenges we face : interruption of interdependent relationships - especially the collapse of trade relations | p. 487 |
| The challenges we face : the cultural and political ability of our society to respond | p. 496 |
| The progressive vision - the kind of society we want to create | p. 501 |
| Building a democratic society | |
| Structural change | p. 533 |
| The progressive agenda and structural change | p. 538 |
| Conclusion - priorities for action | p. 577 |
| End notes | p. 595 |
| Index | p. 607 |
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