Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Read slowly and carefully John Rensenbrink's observations, thoughts, and urgings until you reach the frontiers of your own imaginations and energies and head into them confidently toward what Abraham Lincoln called a "new birth of freedom" for a just and self-renewing society. (Ralph Nader) From the beginning, this country's Green politics has been wisely and effectively influenced by active thinker and thoughtful activist John Rensenbrink. This book is a trail guide to a more democratic, and more ecologically sound America. (Sam Smith, Progressive Review) John Rensenbrink has surpassed himself. No caring citizen-activist should neglect this account...of American democracy on the eve of a new millennium. (Betty Zisk, Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston University) John Rensenbrink chronicles the practice of democratic politics, warts and all, leaving us with a sense of hope rather than despair. (Stephen Viederman, President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation) A cogent argument for a new, revolutionary green politics by a wise and passionate scholor-activist. (Phil Shabecoff, Author of A New Name for Peace, International Environmentalism, Sustainable Development and Democracy, and former environmental writer for the New York Times) A unique look at an independent political party being born. Rensenbrink captures the realpolitik and hard labor that accompanies Greens creating a new politics in contemporary America. Against All Odds is hopeful, exasperating, and ultimately liberating. (Steven Schmidt, Co-Chair Green National Platform Committee and Member, Writers Guild of America)

Product Description:

John Rensenbrink brings fifteen years of active green work and 30 years of scholarly work together to Against All Odds: The Green Transformation of American Politics to present a blue print for a more democrateic and just America.

Although this book could be used effectively in the classroom, it is by no means written only for the classroom. Rensenbrink does not get caught up in academic "speak", but rather reaches out to the average concerned citizen. He is both thoughtful and heartfelt as he argues for a new politics, a transformation, not replacement of the existing system; a transformation that will bring the United States into the new century well grounded in Eclological Wisdom.