{"id":27225,"date":"2023-07-05T21:34:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T04:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=27225"},"modified":"2023-07-05T21:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T04:34:15","slug":"book-it-cant-happen-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/book-it-cant-happen-here\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: \u201cIT CAN\u2019T HAPPEN HERE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1670180451i\/11371.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It Can\u2019t Happen Here<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7330.Sinclair_Lewis\">Sinclair Lewis<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The only one of Sinclair Lewis\u2019s later novels to match the power of&nbsp;<em>Main Street, Babbitt<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Arrowsmith, It Can\u2019t Happen Here<\/em>&nbsp;is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler\u2019s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a President who becomes a dictator to \u201csave the nation.\u201d Now finally back in print,&nbsp;<em>It Can\u2019t Happen Here<\/em>&nbsp;remains uniquely important, a shockingly prescient novel that\u2019s as fresh and contemporary as today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Goodreads.clom)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It Can\u2019t Happen Here Sinclair Lewis The only one of Sinclair Lewis\u2019s later novels to match the power of&nbsp;Main Street, Babbitt, and&nbsp;Arrowsmith, It Can\u2019t Happen Here&nbsp;is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/book-it-cant-happen-here\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[757],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27226,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27225\/revisions\/27226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}