Education
Micah Sifry attended Princeton University.
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Micah Sifry attended Princeton University.
2017
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
2017
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
Micah Sifry, activist, journalist, writer, author.
Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Micah Sifry attended Princeton University.
(Draws on official government documents, political comment...)
Draws on official government documents, political commentaries, speeches, and other writings to examine events leading up to the Persian Gulf War, the battle to free Kuwait and the impact of the war on the Middle East and on world politics.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812919475/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i5
1991
(Spoiling for a Fight exposes both the unfair obstacles an...)
Spoiling for a Fight exposes both the unfair obstacles and the viable opportunities facing today's leading independent parties. Third-party candidates continue to be denied a fighting chance by discriminatory ballot access, unequal campaign financing, winner-take-all races, and derisive media coverage. Yet, after years of grassroots organizing, third parties are making major inroads.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZKV9EQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i2
2002
(In this collection, Micah L. Sifry and Christopher Cerf, ...)
In this collection, Micah L. Sifry and Christopher Cerf, coeditors of the acclaimed Gulf War Reader, have assembled essays and documents that present an eminently readable, up-to-the-moment guide - from every imaginable perspective - to the continuing crisis in the Gulf and the Middle East.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0QB6/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1
2003
(Every day corporations and other wealthy special interest...)
Every day corporations and other wealthy special interests pump another $2 million into the coffers of our elected officials in Washington and their party committees. For their money, they get an estimated $160 billion a year in tax breaks, subsidies, and other sweet deals. That's $160 billion lifted from taxpayers' pockets - or about $1,500 per taxpayer per year! But that's not the worst of it. Their money also buys them the opportunity to shape public policy to suit their bottom lines. And the cost we pay for that is much dearer. Blending satirical bite with mountains of eye-opening research, this rollicking call to arms breaks the issue into manageable, kitchen-table topics and makes it accessible with graphs, tables, sidebars, quizzes, and fascinating factoids.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNL2VQO/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3
2004
(The United States government is diligent - some might say...)
The United States government is diligent - some might say to the point of obsession - in defending its borders against invaders, be they terrorists, natural disasters, or illegal immigrants. Now we are told a small, international band of renegades armed with nothing more than laptops presents the greatest threat to the U.S. regime since the close of the Cold War. WikiLeaks' release of a massive trove of secret official documents has riled politicians from across the spectrum. But political analyst and writer Micah Sifry argues that WikiLeaks is not the whole story: it is a symptom, an indicator of an ongoing generational and philosophical struggle between older, closed systems, and the new open culture of the Internet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004R1QGLK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i4
2011
(The web has given us both capacity and speed: but progres...)
The web has given us both capacity and speed: but progressive change seems to be something perpetually in the air, rarely manifesting, even more rarely staying with us. Micah L. Sifry, a longtime analyst of democracy and its role on the net, examines what he calls "The Big Disconnect." In his usual pithy, to-the-point style, he explores why data-driven politics and our digital overlords have failed or misled us, and how they can be made to serve us instead, in a real balance between citizens and state, independent of corporations.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OEGVORY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0
2014
activist journalist writer author
Micah Sifry attended Princeton University.
Since 2015, Micah Sifry has been a Co-Founder and President of Civic Hall, curator of the annual Personal Democracy Forum, and editor of Civicist, Civic Hall's news site. In 1997-2006, he worked closely with Public Campaign, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization focused on comprehensive campaign finance reform, as its senior analyst. In 2006-2016, he was a senior adviser to the Sunlight Foundation, which he helped found, and currently serves on the board of the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science. In 2012, he taught "The Politics of the Internet" as a visiting lecturer at Harvard's Kennedy School. Since 2010, he has been a Member of Consumer Reports' Board of Directors.
Micah Sifry's latest book is Civic Tech in the Global South, published in 2017. His book The Gulf War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions presents a variety of perspectives on the Gulf War, including those of former president George Bush, Saddam Hussein, and commentators William Safire and Walter Cronkite. In Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America, Sifry examines the history of third parties in American politics, focusing mainly on Ralph Nader's 2000 bid for the presidency. Sifry researched the book by attending national conventions of third parties, interviewing party leaders, and attending rallies, presidential debates, and hearings of the United States Supreme Court on third-party issues. According to Sifry, the current United States political system is a "duopoly" that prevents most other parties from successfully running for office. Micah Sifry has also been an editor for Nation for thirteen years and has contributed to numerous periodicals.
(Draws on official government documents, political comment...)
1991(The United States government is diligent - some might say...)
2011(The web has given us both capacity and speed: but progres...)
2014(Every day corporations and other wealthy special interest...)
2004(Spoiling for a Fight exposes both the unfair obstacles an...)
2002(In this collection, Micah L. Sifry and Christopher Cerf, ...)
2003
