Ted Rall

Tue., Sept. 28, 7 p.m., free, Wooden Shoe, 704 South St., 215-413-0999, woodenshoebooks.com.

by Josh Middleton

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There's not a lot of seeing eye-to-eye in politics these days, but there's one concept that writer Ted Rall believes has everyone concurring — the current political and economic system is two inches from busted, and there's nothing the boobs in D.C. can do to save it. So what's the logical next step? Rall doesn't skip a beat: "We should overthrow the government," says the former syndicated City Paper cartoonist. He'll be in town this week signing copies of his ballsy new book The Anti-American Manifesto (Seven Stories, Oct. 11), in which he lays out instances in recent history (9/11, economic collapse, BP) that prove the incompetence of our elected officials, and why he believes a brazen citizen rebellion is our only chance for reform. "It's not about signing petitions, marching in the street or showing up to vote every few years," says Rall. "There has to be a revolution."