What if a single book could completely change how you think about voting, power, and our democracy?
On our Fair Fight Action Summer Reading List, Ari Berman’s Minority Rule is the anchor – and in this live conversation, he walks us through how the far-right has spent decades building toward a system where a shrinking minority can dominate the majority.
This event is part of our first‑ever Summer Reading List series, where we go live with authors to dig into the history behind today’s attacks on voting rights and elections.
Weaponizing Government
Ari explains how Trump and his allies have tried to turn basic democratic systems into tools for partisan gain – from the Post Office to the census to immigration policy. Instead of treating these institutions as neutral services for everyone, they’ve looked for ways to rig them so fewer people of color are counted, fewer voters get mail ballots, and more power is locked in for the far-right’s base.
The Logic of Minority Rule
He also connects today’s voter suppression and gerrymandering to a much longer story: a political system built to keep many people out, even while promising equality. Ari explains how the current MAGA project is about blocking the country’s changing demographics from translating into political power, building a kind of fortress designed to preserve white, minority rule against what they see as a coming “siege.”
What People Can Do Now
The conversation ends with what it takes to push back. The discussion closes out on how democracy as an up‑and‑down story that only moves in the right direction when people participate – when people to do simple but concrete things: check their voter registration, show up at local election board meetings, and make sure the people running elections in their communities are held accountable.
If you missed the live conversation with Ari Berman, check out the video in this post. It’s one of the clearest explanations of how minority rule is being built – and what it will take to stop it.
In solidarity,
Fair Fight Action Team
