Joe Bageant
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Joe Bageant was an American author and columnist known for his book Deer Hunting With Jesus.
Bageant was originally raised in Winchester, Virginia
. He left Winchester and worked as a journalist and editor. In 2001, Bageant moved back to Winchester.
In Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches From America's Class War Bageant discusses how Democrats
have lost the political support of poor rural whites and how the Republican Party
has convinced these individuals to vote against their own economic self-interest. The book is mainly centered on his hometown, Winchester.
In 2010, Bageant published a similarly themed book, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, ISBN 978-1846272578. Bageant used his extended family’s post WW II years experience to describe the social hierarchy in the United States of America. The book examines the post-war journey of 22 million rural Americans into the cities, where they became, the author argues, the foundation of a permanent white underclass and comprise much of today’s heartland “red state” voters.
Bageant frequently appeared as a commentator on radio and television internationally, and wrote a progressive
online column distributed to hundreds of blogs and websites. He maintained his own blog, called Joe Bageant, and also served as a senior (roving) editor with Cyrano's Journal Today and The Greanville Post, two sites devoted to progressive political and media analyses.
On January 4, 2011, Bageant announced on his web site that he had been "struck down by an extremely serious form of cancer" which was inoperable and was unable to engage in correspondence or his usual work, but hoped to be able to resume them in the future. When his friends at The Greanville Post learned about the seriousness of his condition, he was unanimously voted as Editor Emeritus of the publication .
On March 27, 2011, it was announced on his website that he had died on March 26 following "a vibrant life" and a four-month struggle with cancer.
Bageant was originally raised in Winchester, Virginia
Winchester, Virginia
Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...
. He left Winchester and worked as a journalist and editor. In 2001, Bageant moved back to Winchester.
In Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches From America's Class War Bageant discusses how Democrats
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
have lost the political support of poor rural whites and how the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
has convinced these individuals to vote against their own economic self-interest. The book is mainly centered on his hometown, Winchester.
In 2010, Bageant published a similarly themed book, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, ISBN 978-1846272578. Bageant used his extended family’s post WW II years experience to describe the social hierarchy in the United States of America. The book examines the post-war journey of 22 million rural Americans into the cities, where they became, the author argues, the foundation of a permanent white underclass and comprise much of today’s heartland “red state” voters.
Bageant frequently appeared as a commentator on radio and television internationally, and wrote a progressive
Progressivism
Progressivism is an umbrella term for a political ideology advocating or favoring social, political, and economic reform or changes. Progressivism is often viewed by some conservatives, constitutionalists, and libertarians to be in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies.The...
online column distributed to hundreds of blogs and websites. He maintained his own blog, called Joe Bageant, and also served as a senior (roving) editor with Cyrano's Journal Today and The Greanville Post, two sites devoted to progressive political and media analyses.
On January 4, 2011, Bageant announced on his web site that he had been "struck down by an extremely serious form of cancer" which was inoperable and was unable to engage in correspondence or his usual work, but hoped to be able to resume them in the future. When his friends at The Greanville Post learned about the seriousness of his condition, he was unanimously voted as Editor Emeritus of the publication .
On March 27, 2011, it was announced on his website that he had died on March 26 following "a vibrant life" and a four-month struggle with cancer.
External links
- Joe Bageant
- "Why rednecks may rule the world" by Joe Bageant, BBC Today, 6 September 2008
- Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball: Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse" By Joe Bageant, The Greanville Post, July 9, 2010.
- The Fearless Plain By Joe Bageant, The Greanville Post, May 21, 2010
- Rainbow Pie: Morris Berman remembers Joe Bageant" By Morris Berman, The Greanville Post, May 19, 2011.
- Rednecks,Longnecks And Leftnecks http://www.roothogradio.com/2011/07/rednecks-longnecks-and-leftnecks/ By L.H. O'Connor, Roothog Radio, July 25, 2011.