The rooster crows but the hen delivers says Jim Hightower, author of Swim Against the Current: Worker Cooperatives and a New, Deeply Democratic Model for This Country

Texas populist, commentator, and author Jim Hightower has a few words of wisdom for us: Question authority, trust your values, seek alternatives, break away, stand up for your beliefs, and swim against the current!

His latest book, Swim Against the Current, which features worker cooperatives, introduces readers to people across the country who have actually done this-people in business, politics, health care, farming, religion, and other areas who are taking charge, living their values, doing good, and doing well.

Hightower and co-author Susan DeMarco show how they are doing precisely what the elites want us to believe can’t be done: changing their lives and making a difference. He tells the stories of these people and offers inspiration and information that will help readers tap into their own maverick potential in order to navigate a different, more satisfying course of their own.

Whether they are young and just starting out or older and searching for a different path, the commonsense folks in this book have escaped the corporate tentacles to find their own way toward a richer life and a better American future. They are creating a new, deeply democratic model for the country, edging it back onto the long road toward egalitarianism and the common good.