f{"id":49448,"date":"2026-07-28T21:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49448"},"modified":"2026-07-28T21:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:54:27","slug":"book-this-is-the-plan-how-to-end-americas-meltdown-and-save-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/book-this-is-the-plan-how-to-end-americas-meltdown-and-save-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: \u201cThis Is The Plan: How to End America\u2019s Meltdown and Save Democracy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/719g4GoxqwL._SY522_.jpg\" alt=\"This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"title\">This Is The Plan: How to End America\u2019s Meltdown and Save Democracy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ben-Wikler\/e\/B0HB9CSZYL\/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\">Ben Wikler<\/a>&nbsp;(Author)&nbsp;&nbsp;Format:&nbsp;Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBen Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win.\u201d\u2015Nancy Pelosi<br><br>From the most successful Democratic operative of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you\u2015yes, you\u2015can do to defeat Trumpism.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are looking at the spiraling crisis of American politics in the Trump era and wondering how the hell we get out of this mess,&nbsp;<em>This Is the Plan<\/em>&nbsp;is the book you\u2019ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Wikler led the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to a string of improbable victories in a state with a political system so rigged that it was dubbed a \u201cdemocracy desert\u201d\u2015which is, coincidentally, Trump\u2019s goal for the whole country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, in&nbsp;<em>This Is the Plan<\/em>, Wikler distills lessons from the front lines in America\u2019s most closely divided state to map out a comprehensive plan to dictator-proof American government, defeat MAGA at every level of the ballot, and build a future of democracy, opportunity, and freedom for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be a blast. The plan is to, as he writes, \u201chave fun storming the castle\u2015in a civil, metaphorical, and non-January-6th-y way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing on decades of organizing, from local races (including a race for county coroner that hinged on the issue of zombification) to presidential showdowns, Wikler brings us behind the scenes to explore the hidden structures of power that shape our politics and our lives, and takes us into the art and science of winning elections. As he details a people-powered path out of the political wilderness, Wikler reveals what you personally can do to move the needle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This Is the Plan<\/em>&nbsp;reveals, year by year and step by step, a vision not only to end America\u2019s collapse into authoritarianism but also to reconnect us to our neighbors\u2015and, fighting side by side for democracy, to build meaning, community, and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Amazon.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Is The Plan: How to End America\u2019s Meltdown and Save Democracy by&nbsp;Ben Wikler&nbsp;(Author)&nbsp;&nbsp;Format:&nbsp;Hardcover \u201cBen Wikler is one of the most strategic and respected leaders of his generation. If we do what this book says, we will win.\u201d\u2015Nancy Pelosi From the most successful Democratic operative of the last decade, a&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/book-this-is-the-plan-how-to-end-americas-meltdown-and-save-democracy\/\"> 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":[1945],"tags":[2299,2300],"class_list":["post-49448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","tag-ben-wikler","tag-this-is-the-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=49448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}