AlterNet Reviews Youth to Power

AlterNet just posted a review of my book, Youth to Power, as well as a Q&A with me. If all goes well, this might be the first of a few reviews to come out over the next few weeks. Go check it out:

Michael Connery has written a necessary and accessible primer on the status of the progressive youth vote in the U.S. Youth to Power is a slim volume that gives important historical context to the youth vote and an in-depth look at the current activity of young progressives aligning with the Democratic Party, turning on its head the long-held perception of youth in America as apathetic and disconnected from electoral politics.

Connery essentially issues a wake-up call to progressive leaders: ignore the youth vote now and in any election in the future at your own peril. With good reason -- the Millennial generation, defined in the political realm as those born between 1978 and 1996, includes 50 million eligible voters for this year's presidential election. And more and more of them are aligning with the Democratic Party on issues like health care, the war in Iraq, foreign policy and environmental standards.

Also, the commenters appear to be rabid youth-haters, so if you want to go get in an argument about the worth and significance of the youth vote, please jump into the fray.