Film showing of “How The Independent Movement Went Left By Going Right”
Join Georgia independents at a viewing of “How The Independent Movement Went Left By Going Right”. The film will show on Saturday, August 8th, from 2:30pm – 5:00pm at the Ponce de Leon Branch of the Fulton County Library at 980 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE in Atlanta.
In “How The Independent Movement Went Left By Going Right” Jacqueline Salit (political director of IndependentVoting.org and executive editor of The NeoIndependent) paints a vivid picture of a fluid but pivotal movement that broke into the mainstream in 1992 in the explosive center-right campaign of Ross Perot.
In her dual roles of political player and analyst, she documents its evolution over the next 16 years into a center-left, multi-racial movement that changed the rules of engagement in 2008. This movement powered Obama’s upset victory in the Democratic primaries against the Clinton old guard and cemented the majority coalition that carried him to victory in the November general election.
In the course of the 64-minute presentation, Salit introduces a fascinating cast of characters – political figures ranging from the famous, to the infamous, to the little known – who played key roles in the independents’ saga. They include: Mike Bloomberg, Pat Buchanan, Hillary Clinton, Lenora Fulani, Jack Gargan, Wayne Griffin, Larry King, Dennis Kucinich, John McCain, Jim Mangia, Chris Matthews, Ralph Nader, Fred Newman, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Ross Perot, Larry Reinsch, Nick Sabatine, Cathy Stewart, and Jesse Ventura, among others.
The showing is free. Please feel free to RSVP on our Facebook page.