‘The Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate’ Releases New Book: ‘Who’s Afraid of Frances Fox Piven’
- Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:44am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Just in time for your early Christmas shopping, noted unrest advocate Frances Fox Piven has released a new collection of “essential writings.” And guess which conservative personality made it into her title? If you said Glenn Beck, you’re right.
Blaze blogger David Harsanyi first linked to an article mentioning the recently-released book last week. And now here’s your chance to learn more about it.
First, the title: “Who’s Afraid of Frances Fox Piven? The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate”
Second, the cover:
Third, what’s in it, courtesy of Publishers Weekly:
Piven, the noted political scientist who along with her late husband, Richard Cloward, has long studied and advocated for political empowerment strategies for the American poor, offers a sampling of her academic articles prompted by the conservative radio host Glenn Beck’s virulent attacks on her. Reaching as far back as the early 1960s and concluding with a recent biographically detailed interview between the author and activist-philosopher Cornel West, Piven (Challenging Authority) eloquently dissects the structures of political influence. She concludes that “disruptive” actions by the poor (i.e., actions short of violence, such as rent strikes, that “break the rules” of the game) remain virtually the sole political means of addressing inequalities in a system from which they are largely excluded. Piven asks essential questions about and proposes solutions for the increasingly unequal distribution of political power (tied of course to the increasingly narrow concentration of economic power). After debt-ceiling deals and austerity cuts in the U.S., and riots in poor communities across England, these insightful, well-argued essays prove historically informative and remarkably timely, a true find for the general reader looking to make sense of political power in an imperfect democracy. (Nov.)
And finally, who’s associated with it:
Spanning a vast scope of issues, ranging from welfare and voter rights to progressive reform, the book is a welcome introduction to her ideas. As a bonus, it features an illuminating interview by Cornel West, featured below, that reveals integral details of her upbringing and illustrious career.
Cornel West? You mean this Cornel West, who teaches at Princeton?
The book is sure to be a best-seller.
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Comments (97)
chambleton
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 2:09pmWell, she can’t exactly user her looks, can she? Seriously, she makes the Wicked Witch of the West look pretty good!
Report Post »Nachum
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 2:03pmGlenn, just as long as they spelled your name right. :)
http://www.nachumlist.com/
Report Post »Marci
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 3:25pmOh dear Francie….don’t flatter yourself. If not for Glenn, your agenda wouldn’t be as well known as it is. Everyone knows that your plan for the U.S. is to collapse it. When you aren’t denying it, you are out crying that you are being attacked. Heifer.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 5:28pmThe fact that Piven quotes Beck by name is extrarordinary. This means Glenn Beck has got under this radical’s skin. The far left has always been confident that it could operate clandestinely from the shadows and now they’re seething at being exposed to the light of scrutiny. God bless you Glenn Beck.
Report Post »artistskeptic
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 10:54pmThe cover quote of Cornell West says all that needs to be said, the looaitics endorcing the idiots. What has this world degenerated to??
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:54pmLook at all the filth Obama brought with him and his liberal agenda………..lovely anti-Americans just like their president.
Report Post »pdq
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:53pmPiven needed Glenn’s name just to sell a book.
Report Post »Solzhenitsin
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 5:39pmToo true.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 6:40pmBingo!
Report Post »Charb
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:39pmIt amazes me that people with these belief systems can earn a living (especially in contrast of those who struggle to create real and exchangeable utility).
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:34pmI‘m guessing that she’s giving away the books because making profits would be obscene.
Report Post »JeffersonSmith
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:45pmI think a slander suit is in order. Has Beck ever stated he loves to hate her?
Report Post »hmm…….
Orion the truth hunter
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 4:18pmWe will all be purchasing it— when our local library buys their copy with our tax dollars.
Report Post »bobemakk
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:30pmShe hates this country and we still will never know the real reason why Glenn Beck left FOX. I still say that the White House had something to do with it. Notice how Bill O’Reilly is now doing shows with Miller and not Glenn Beck, why????? Was Bill O’Reilly told to avoid Beck????
Report Post »ion
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:35pmSo whyy wasn’t foxandfriends told the same thing? Perhaps the reason he left fox is exactly the reason he said, do you have any other facts we should know?
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 2:34pmIf O’Reilly was told to “avoid” Beck, then please explain why Beck was on O‘Reilly’s show last week? As far as the Miller/O’Reilly shows, do you really think Beck has the time to do another tour right now? Besides, Beck was the main draw for that tour and I’m assuming Miller is this time around. I like O’Reilly but would have never paid $100 just to see him!
Report Post »dsinsg
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 7:04pmIf you were watching Bill last week he had Glenn on his show talking about his new GBTV venture. And let me tell you….GBTV ROCKS!! So happy to watch Glenn for 2 hours every day!!
Report Post »ion
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:23pmWhat a waste, dumbascraps can’t read. Who will buy this?
Report Post »Cashel
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:16pmThe only thing that could be worse than this book is Cornel West’s breath. Doesn’t Princeton have a dental plan? Ugh!
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:22pmSh#t smells the same whether written or on one’s breath.
Report Post »microace
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:14pmWho cares what that old hag thinks…she’s a freaking clown.
Report Post »I Luv America
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:09pmLook at it this way, she is really old so she’ll be dead very soon. Then again, they say that only the good die young, so she may be around for a while yet. You gotta wonder, however, what she would do if Glenn used her name on one of his books.
Report Post »MrsMB2008
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:58pmI hope Glenn sues her too for using his name without permission. She only did this to try and sell more books but what she fails to realize is that Glenn’s listeners will band together and not buy this book. Conservatives are the ones that spend and have money, liberals don‘t have any money they just use other people’s money.
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:06pmAbsolutely!!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:55pmBitch is creepy-looking as hell.
sovahco
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 4:44pmShe sounds as creepy as she looks. She, and her ‘fellow-travelers’ give the rest of the world a really bad impression of my generation. They were anarchists in the 60′s and remain anarchists to this day. They never grew up. She and her ilk thrive in academia because young people are more easily influenced than adults.
Report Post »mammacub
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:54pmWhat a hag, only could these crazy Marxists live in competition free Academia. Mind control environment. Parents should be pulling their kids out of these indoctrination gulags.
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:22pmShe may be evil and wacky, but she is crazy like a fox putting Glenn’s name in the subtitle. Without it, the book would be read by a few of her closest supporters and students. With Glenn’s name on it, it will make the best sellers list. Glenn should do a show reviewing the book and encourage his audience to just say no to the book.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:34pmYou can educate yourself about the book for free on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Afraid-Frances-Fox-Piven/dp/1595587195/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316535439&sr=8-1
Knowledge is power.
Report Post »usalover
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:21pmQuoting the GodFather of Conservatism, Rush “ Living Rent free in their Heads”
Report Post »Defends the TRUTH
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:07pmThe title really should be “Who’s Afraid of the BIG BAD WOLF” Well, in the end, didn’t the Wolf get boiled in a pot and gobbled up for Dinner? Just askin’?
Report Post »tweetybird
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:06pmShe only put Glenn’s name on the book in hopes of actually selling copies of the book. What a loser!!
Report Post »MrKnowItAll
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:04pmI hope Glenn sues for using his Copy Righted Name.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 1:25pmI think in this case it’s a trademark. Either way, will it be worth it for the 500 copies she’s going to sell?
Report Post »dsm
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:01pmShe is one nasty lady. Good ole 60′s hippy. Poisoning young minds.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:11pmPlease reserve the term “lady” for the time you encounter a real one, not this shriveled up old hag.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:56pmShe be so Socratic, if only a house would fall on her.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:58amShe‘s as crazy as Tony Bennett and I don’t care to read anything she has to say. I‘ve heard it and it’s of no value if you are clear on the truth.
Report Post »gotta light
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:00pmLOL That old crazy bit@h NEEDS Glenn Becks name on her book to sell it!!
How funny is that…
Hey Frannie gotta light?
Report Post »Equal Opportunity Offender No.2
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:58amwith that big res stripe on the cover it sure makes a good target for my 22
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:55amLOL
Using Glenn Beck’s good name to sell their TRASH !
Funny thing is, some “useful idiots” will actually buy it!
Report Post »ROTFL ! ! !
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 12:07pmI hear ya on that one, and I thought they HATE capitalism??? Same story, different day………….
Report Post »Orion the truth hunter
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 4:15pmNo, the sad thing is that we will all be purchasing it— with our tax dollars when our local library buys their copy.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:55amBook sounds like propaganda to me. Can‘t wait to hear Glenn’s thoughts on this. I find it fascinating that “the general reader looking to make sense of political power in an imperfect democracy”.
Report Post »______________________________
And their IQ is????
TomFerrari
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:56amWow – then it isn’t even targeted to Americans?
(Since we do NOT live in a democracy.)
LOL
Report Post »Ch
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:53amCornel West looks like he is still “living” in the 60′s…update your look bro.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 11:57amHe IS still living in the 60′s – America moved on, but he refuses to let go of that bone !
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on September 20, 2011 at 8:06pmThe left wing is still living in the 60s and they won’t grow up and move on.
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