The only collection of Joe Bageant’s essays available in book form, this compilation features 25 essays by the self-proclaimed redneck socialist. Exploring the plight of America’s white, “redneck” underclass—a topic considered taboo for the mainstream media—with insight, humor, compassion, and rage, this record is the result of the editorial freedom Bageant gained via the internet. Touching upon politics, current affairs, and sociology, the essays were selected for inclusion based on reader feedback, web-traffic counts, and suggestions from Bageant’s online colleagues.
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Joe Bageant was a columnist and political commentator who wrote for international newspapers and magazines and appeared on U.S. national public radio and the BBC. He is the author of Deer Hunting with Jesus, which is being developed as a dramatic television series in the United States. Ken Smith managed Joe Bageant’s website and has promoted Joe’s work to his dedicated fans and the wider media. He lives in Laredo, Texas.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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It's a great read for those of us thinking with our aching hearts. There's a bit of repetition and sometimes so much anger that it's hard to track the core insights, but he's turning things over and trying to find constructive positions. I'd loved his earlier books and was badly hurt with his departure, for I'll miss this light. I think Joe was best when he felt a little intimidated about taking with students in academic programs -- though he was brilliant at it, or when he was taking in the intellectual perspective of the Italian young people whose thinking capacity he respected so much.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Joe Bageant's 'Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball' is required reading for anyone who wants to understand why the American middle class and underclass, as well as fundamentalist Christians, time and time again, vote against their own self-interest. Bageant understood the reasons why America is in the toilet, culturally, economically, socially and politically. He was one of those extremely rare voices of reason in a world gone mad. He was a keen observer of the human condition who possessed a great deal of awareness, and who was unafraid of telling the truth, even when it was not polically correct.
And, he was funny as hell.
His untimely death in 2011 was a major loss. If there is any justice in this world, Bageant's name will live on and his works will be revered with the likes of Molly Ivins, Gore Vidal, Howard Zinn and Mark Twain.
And, he was funny as hell.
His untimely death in 2011 was a major loss. If there is any justice in this world, Bageant's name will live on and his works will be revered with the likes of Molly Ivins, Gore Vidal, Howard Zinn and Mark Twain.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By M. Hirzel
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Ken Smith brought this volume into being at the request of the many who admired and loved Joe, and so valued his wonderful essays, that they wanted to "own" them in tangible form.
If you missed stumbling onto Joe's essays in the past, READ THIS BOOK - or consider yourself deprived.
If you missed stumbling onto Joe's essays in the past, READ THIS BOOK - or consider yourself deprived.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Irreverent, enlightening
Collection of Bageant's news columns & speeches. Provides more understanding of who we are as "Americans"...witty... provoking... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Linville Doan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Shows its age already, but basically good/
This book is a collection of some of Bageant's columns. As I said, some of it is a little dated (G. W. Bush was still President), but the fire and the passion are still there. Read more
Published 5 months ago by William Supon
4.0 out of 5 stars
It will make you smile!
I thought it was great, a snapshot of the real American from his basement level condo. This guy will never get it and the biggest laugh is he thinks he middle class!!! LMAO!!
Published 5 months ago by Spark
3.0 out of 5 stars
I loved Joe, but this stuff seems dated
Joe was my favorite "alternative" writer, until he decided to move to Belize. I'm no super-patriot, but he did give up on our country. Read more
Published 8 months ago by R. O'Brien
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just to join the 5-star parade
I won't repeat what the previous 3 reviewers say. I agree with them. I will add that Joe's essays are available online at his website which is still maintained, but buying this... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Roger Green
