Environmentalism, Diverse Gender Rights, and the Future of American Society

Examines the American Indian Movement and the Civil Rights Movement as progressive social forces and social character types. Argues that environmental movements and LGBTQIA further expand the moral community, and that progressive forces in general and the progressive social character now predominate in the United states. Reactionary forces, especially white supremacy, still hold considerable political power, and seek to overthrow democracy in order to remain in power. Although population numbers now clearly favor the progressive side, the battle for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a democratic society against white supremacy and its various malevolent hierarchies remains unresolved.