The People Divided Versus the Corporatocracy in Control -- The Corporatocracy in Control -- The People Divided -- Are the People Broken? -- The 1999 Battle of Seattle -- The 2000 US Presidential Election -- The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- Wall Street Bailout -- Health Care Reform -- The Election of Barack Obama -- Labor Unions and Demoralized Working People -- The Tea Party Movement -- Who, in Large Numbers, Is Fighting for Social justice? -- Light Resistance to Major Oppression -- Demoralized, Disorganized, Broken, or What? -- Prelude to Battle: Understanding How the People Learned Powerlessness -- Psychological Principles and Techniques for Breaking a Population -- Television, Technology, and Zombification -- Helplessness in the Age of Isolation, E-Relationships, and Bureaucratization -- Broken by Fundamentalist Consumerism and Advertising/Propaganda -- Student-Loan Debt and Indentured Servitude -- The Normalization of Surveillance -- The Decline of Labor Unions and the Loss of Power for Working People -- Moneyism, Money-Centric Culture, and Weakness -- How Schools Teach Powerlessness -- Noncompliance as a Mental Illness -- Elitism Training -- Liars, Hypocrites, Egomaniacs, and the Corporate Media -- The US Electoral System and Learned Helplessness -- Energy to Do Battle: Liberation Psychology, Individual Self-Respect, and Collective Self-Confidence -- Critical Thinking and Morale -- Energizing People: Morality and Other Fuels -- Healing from "Battered People's Syndrome" and "Corporatocracy Abuse" -- Combating Social Isolation and Building Community -- Individual Self-Respect and Empowerment -- Focus on the Non-Fascist Family: Creating Respectful Relationships -- Liberation Psychology -- Forging an Alliance among Populists -- Inspiration to Overcome Distrust -- Collective Self-Confidence: Solidarity and Success -- Winning the Battle: Solutions, Strategies, and Tactics -- Lessons from the Great Populist Revolt -- Modern Electoral Politics: Wise or Unwise Battlefield? -- The Strategy and Tactics of Disruption -- Are Protest Demonstrations Effective? -- The Power of Divorce -- Twenty-first-Century Abolitionism: Ending Student-Loan Debt Servitude -- Workplace Democracy: Worker and Other Co-operatives -- Helpful and Harmful Small Victories and Compromises -- Crossing the Final Divide -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.