Beating the Powers That Be Independent Political Movements And Parties of the Upper Midwest And Their Relevance for Third Parties of Today

Are third or non-major party politics a dead end in this age of two highly polarized major political parties? New author, Sean Scallon, argues no and shows why in his new book Beating the Powers that Be: Independent Political Movements and Parties of the Upper Midwest and Their Relevance for Third Parties of Today. Scallon shows examples of successful, non-major parties that have organized themselves on the basis of local economies, ethnic groups and religions. He highlights three of them that happen to be from the region he calls home, the Upper Midwest. They are the Non-Partisan League of North Dakota, the Farm-Labor Party of Minnesota and the Progressives of Wisconsin.In so doing, he provides examples and ways current, non-major political parties and independent political movements can fulfill their traditional role in U.S. politics.Scallon, Sean is the author of 'Beating the Powers That Be Independent Political Movements And Parties of the Upper Midwest And Their Relevance for Third Parties of Today' with ISBN 9781424103669 and ISBN 1424103665.