Jonathan P. Baird

I am very happy to announce that my book, Defiance is beautiful, is now available as a paperback and hardcover, as well as an ebook. An audiobook is also forthcoming. The book is currently available through Amazon. I am working on library and book store distribution so that the book will reach a broader audience.

I have added a number of family photos to the paperback and hardcover versions.

For those who are unfamiliar with the book, it is a memoir of my three careers as a labor/left organizer, a legal aid lawyer and lobbyist and a federal administrative law judge. The book also presents my argument for a renewed American democratic socialism.

I am very pleased the book is coming out now before our critical midterm election. Beating back MAGA fascism is a critical political goal for all progressives, Democrats, independents and Republicans who have not lost their minds. The book suggests a “unite the many to defeat the few” approach as the best way to save our democracy. Like so many, I am praying for that blue wave on November 3. Jon