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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... representatives, debating the nature of liberty, fighting the war and following the warriors to support them, insisting on expanding the franchise, demanding the right to vote, compelling the more aristocratic leaders of the community ...
... representatives, debating the nature of liberty, fighting the war and following the warriors to support them, insisting on expanding the franchise, demanding the right to vote, compelling the more aristocratic leaders of the community ...
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... representatives, you and I must run for office, you and I must write the op-eds, you and I must take over the battle ... representative and direct democracy, then we aren't really Americans anymore. 4 4 4 So we must listen to the ...
... representatives, you and I must run for office, you and I must write the op-eds, you and I must take over the battle ... representative and direct democracy, then we aren't really Americans anymore. 4 4 4 So we must listen to the ...
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... representatives entirely—giving Americans effectively a condition of being subject to taxation and other commitments without representation? Would we be okay with our rights and liberties being chipped away? Would we change the channel ...
... representatives entirely—giving Americans effectively a condition of being subject to taxation and other commitments without representation? Would we be okay with our rights and liberties being chipped away? Would we change the channel ...
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... representatives. We, ordinary people, were also supposed to run things ourselves. Having heard so many people's feelings of powerlessness in relationship to really engaging our liberties, I sat down to find the practical knowledge, to ...
... representatives. We, ordinary people, were also supposed to run things ourselves. Having heard so many people's feelings of powerlessness in relationship to really engaging our liberties, I sat down to find the practical knowledge, to ...
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... , we should lead, we should be able to win, and to have just about no real hope left anymore that if we do not like what our representatives are doing, we have the right and the realistic ability to throw our own hat —34— naomi wolf.
... , we should lead, we should be able to win, and to have just about no real hope left anymore that if we do not like what our representatives are doing, we have the right and the realistic ability to throw our own hat —34— naomi wolf.
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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