Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American RevolutionariesSimon and Schuster, 16.09.2008 - 240 Seiten In 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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... never comfortable with true citizen democracy.18 “Jefferson's writings about race reveal that he saw Africans as innately deficient in humanity and culture.”19 When a male slave escaped from Benjamin Franklin in England, —9— Introduction.
... never comfortable with true citizen democracy.18 “Jefferson's writings about race reveal that he saw Africans as innately deficient in humanity and culture.”19 When a male slave escaped from Benjamin Franklin in England, —9— Introduction.
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... never did for you—you will find that Jefferson put together a most radical document with most challenging implications for every one of us. And Pauline Maier points out that what Jefferson was doing by constructing his paragraph as he ...
... never did for you—you will find that Jefferson put together a most radical document with most challenging implications for every one of us. And Pauline Maier points out that what Jefferson was doing by constructing his paragraph as he ...
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... never batted an eye . . . and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought back into our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.” Wright called on his parishioners to respond to this ...
... never batted an eye . . . and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought back into our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.” Wright called on his parishioners to respond to this ...
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... never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, my own govenment. . . . If America's soul becomes totally poisoned ...
... never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, my own govenment. . . . If America's soul becomes totally poisoned ...
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... never really safe or experiencing truly private life—a kind of vulnerability that other citizens suffer around the world. Few young people realize that the “due process” and “habeas corpus” that the Constitution guarantees for them ...
... never really safe or experiencing truly private life—a kind of vulnerability that other citizens suffer around the world. Few young people realize that the “due process” and “habeas corpus” that the Constitution guarantees for them ...
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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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