“Our country’s history is full of examples of how books sparked political organizing and massive social change,” said Edwards. “Think about how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin provided a compelling — and widely discussed — argument against slavery. Or how Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring started a national debate about pesticides and gave birth to the environmental movement.”

“In Our Endangered Values, President Carter draws upon his life experience as a president and as a Nobel Peace Prize winner to reflect on what’s gone wrong over the past six years,” adds Edwards. “President Carter and I agree that the current administration has made a radical break from the basic values that past presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, embraced as core governing principles — equality, opportunity and justice.”

Carter’s book is the subject of discussion through the end of July at the One America site.

via Rob Walch