TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

How and why to use this book

SECTION ONE: How to Persuade

1. You can’t persuade everyone!
2. Evade the trap of confirmation bias
3. Use three rules of persuasion
4. Avoid three common mistakes in persuasion

SECTION TWO: How to Talk About Progressive Policies

5. How to talk about economic policy
6. How to talk about other key policies

Civil rights and liberties
Climate change
Crime
Environmental protection
Government regulation
Government spending
Gun violence
Health care
LGTBQ+
Public schools
Reproductive rights
Taxes
Voting

SECTION THREE: How to Present and Refute

7. How to present Freedom, Opportunity and Security
8. How to improve nonverbal presentation
9. How to argue against right-wing economics
10. How to rebut logical fallacies
11. How to answer twenty tough questions