Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I. Challenging the DuopolyIntroductionChapter 1 The People Want More DemocracyChapter 2 The Moment is RipePart II. Organizing the MiddleChapter 3 Mad as Hell, Used and AbusedChapter 4 The Rise (and Fall) of the Reform PartyChapter 5 Getting Past PerotPart III. Organizing the LeftChapter 6 Compost Rotten PoliticsChapter 7 Nader's GambleChapter 8 The Duopoly Strikes BackPart IV. Organizing the BottomChapter 9 A Safe Way out of the Box?Chapter 10 The Little Third Party That CouldPart V. The FutureChapter 11 Looking AheadAppendixEndnotesIndex

About the Author

Micah L. Sifry, formerly an editor at The Nation, is Senior Analyst at Public Campaign, a nonpartisan election finance reform group. He is co-editor of the The Gulf WarReader, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, Salon, Wired and Tikkun.

Reviews

"...in Spoiling for a Fight, [Sifry] has given us a sterling piece of contemporary political history...he also delivers a tough-minded critical analysis--based on detailed, first-hand observation--that can serve as a manual of dos and don'ts for citizens striving for a new kind of electoral politics." -- Doug Ireland, In TheseTimes
"[A] commanding survey of third parties...Sifry demonstrates a remarkable political fluency. ..His portrayals of the Nader campaign and of Jesse Ventura's upset victory in the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election are among the most subtle and incisive accounts I've seen...In a more politically developed country, Sifry's reporting would be the gold standard of contemporary journalism." -- Newsday
"At last, an engrossing book about Third Parties that is dynamic and portentous for the future of American Politics." -- Ralph Nader
"Finally, the whole story of the rise of third-party politics. If you want the facts on the revolution that's just beginning, read this book." -- Jesse Ventura