REad & Resist
At Grounds for Impeachment Coffee, we believe a good cup of coffee goes best with bold ideas. From the colonial coffeehouses of Philadelphia to today’s grassroots movements, coffee has always fueled debate, dissent, and democracy. That’s why we’re proud to feature books from authors who inspire action and remind us of coffee’s place in history — and in the struggle for a more just future.
Grab a mug, open a book, and explore these works that - like our brews - are meant to wake you up and keep you engaged:
Coffee Nation
By Michelle Craig McDonald
We don't just brew coffee — we honor the role it's played in shaping democracy and dissent. That's why we're proud to spotlight our friend Michelle Craig McDonald and her groundbreaking book, Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States.
We first connected with Michelle when G4IC was featured alongside her work at a University of Pennsylvania lecture on coffee and revolution in colonial Philadelphia — the original "grounds" for resistance.
Coffee Nation traces coffee's journey from Caribbean plantations to political coffeehouses, revealing how a daily cup fueled America's earliest struggles for identity and independence.
Raise a mug, read the book. Coffee has always been revolutionary.
You Are Not Alone & we are the power
By Gary Lucks
We pour coffee in the resistance. Gary Lucks wrote the playbook for it.
Gary is a friend of G4IC and one of the most effective organizers we know. He's an environmental attorney and professor who founded Progressive Action East Bay back in 2004, helped flip Congress in 2006, and built Resistance Action East Bay into an Indivisible chapter of over 1,100 people that raised $650,000 to support Democrats in swing districts in 2020. When Gary talks about what actually works, he's earned the right to say it.
He's written two books that belong on every activist's shelf — and we mean that.
