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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... 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 the end of this 'Letter to a Patriot' you will be driven to action ...
... 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 the end of this 'Letter to a Patriot' you will be driven to action ...
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... president Abraham Lincoln. “Patriotism” became identified with blind loyalty and a sense that America is innately better than the rest of the world. So today, we often believe that we as Americans are “the Elect”—a special, almost a ...
... president Abraham Lincoln. “Patriotism” became identified with blind loyalty and a sense that America is innately better than the rest of the world. So today, we often believe that we as Americans are “the Elect”—a special, almost a ...
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... president told us to our faces that some of the hostility directed toward us now from the Middle East derives from our own policies, such as torturing prisoners, and that some of the hostility is justified? What if an American president ...
... president told us to our faces that some of the hostility directed toward us now from the Middle East derives from our own policies, such as torturing prisoners, and that some of the hostility is justified? What if an American president ...
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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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