Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American RevolutionariesIn Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, bestselling author Naomi Wolf illustrates the changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founders intended and tells how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community, and ultimately, the nation. As the practice of democracy becomes a lost art, Americans are increasingly desperate for a restored nation. Many have a general sense that the “system” is in disorder—if not on the road to functional collapse. But though it is easy to identify our political problems, the solutions are not always as clear. In Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, bestselling author Naomi Wolf illustrates the breathtaking changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founders intended and tells how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community, and ultimately, the nation. |
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... Nation “One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime.” —Thom Hartmann, bestselling author and host of The Thom Hartmann Program “Naomi Wolf's The End of America is ...
... Nation “One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime.” —Thom Hartmann, bestselling author and host of The Thom Hartmann Program “Naomi Wolf's The End of America is ...
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... nation and recommit ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power.” —Wes Boyd, cofounder, MoveOn.org “You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. By ...
... nation and recommit ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power.” —Wes Boyd, cofounder, MoveOn.org “You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. By ...
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... nation in the future, u.S. government spying on the e-mails and phone calls of Americans—a permanent violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment.8 The last step of the ten steps to a closed society is the subversion of the rule of ...
... nation in the future, u.S. government spying on the e-mails and phone calls of Americans—a permanent violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment.8 The last step of the ten steps to a closed society is the subversion of the rule of ...
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... nation or a species of patriotism. Liberty is a state of mind before it is anything else. You can have a nation of wealth and power, but without this state of mind—this psychological “america”—you are living in a deadening consciousness ...
... nation or a species of patriotism. Liberty is a state of mind before it is anything else. You can have a nation of wealth and power, but without this state of mind—this psychological “america”—you are living in a deadening consciousness ...
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... nation's founding focus on a small group, “a band of brothers” or “the Founding Fathers”—the handful of illustrious men whose names we all know. This tight focus tends to reinforce the idea that we are the lucky recipients of the ...
... nation's founding focus on a small group, “a band of brothers” or “the Founding Fathers”—the handful of illustrious men whose names we all know. This tight focus tends to reinforce the idea that we are the lucky recipients of the ...
Contents
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We are required to speak freely | 91 |
We Have a Duty to rebel Continually | 105 |
ordinary People are supposed | 125 |
americans Cherish the rule of Law | 141 |
a New american revolution | 209 |
DriviNG CHaNGe | 215 |
become the Media yourself | 221 |
Produce New Media | 235 |
Protest | 245 |
staging a Protest | 251 |
How to speak in Any Public Context | 260 |
organize a town Hall Meeting | 271 |
america establishes No God | 157 |
americans Deliberate with | 173 |
Liberty is Universal america Cannot | 189 |
Become the leaders of America | 283 |
CreAte orCHANge | 293 |
organize a National HearingAnnette warren | 300 |
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