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One of the most important books that's been written, certainly in the last decade or two, and perhaps in my lifetime. --Thom Hartmann, best-selling author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and reconnect ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org
Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and reconnect ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org
Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and reconnect ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org
Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm for all American patriots. We must come together as a nation and reconnect ourselves to the fundamental American idea that no president, whether Democrat or Republican, will ever be given unchecked power. --Wes Boyd, co-founder, MoveOn.org
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In a stunning indictment of the Bush administration and Congress, best-selling author Naomi Wolf lays out her case for saving American democracy. With authoritative research and documentation Wolf explains how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the 20th century s worst dictatorships such as Germany, Russia, China, and Chile. In this timely call to arms, Naomi Wolf compels us to face the way our free America is under assault. She warns us with the straight-to-fellow-citizens urgency of one of Thomas Paine s revolutionary pamphlets that we have little time to lose if our children are to live in real freedom.
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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One of the classic findings of contemporary Psychology is the `hopelessness/helplessness' syndrome. The idea is that once a person has become conditioned to believe that no matter what they do, the outcome will be the same, they become overwhelmed with feelings of confusion, hopelessness, helplessness and apathy. Living in North America in the twenty first century is a study of this phenomenon. I experience this sense of helpless dread and its accompanying apathy every time I turn on the TV, listen to the radio or read the newspaper to hear yet again about our continuing loss of liberties and the tragedies that ensue as a result.
It was thus all the more refreshing to read Wolf's book "The End of America" and feel, much to my pleasant surprise, a rare sense of optimism at its conclusion. Using the same accessible and passionate voice that has made "The Beauty Myth" and "Misconceptions" bestsellers, Wolf eloquently argues that Americans are rapidly losing their liberties under the Bush regime and that the political tactics being used to implant these policies have historical parallels in other fascist dictatorships including Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Using example after example spanning from personal accounts of young jailed young bloggers and peace activists to the very public crackdowns on dissidents like the Dixie chicks, to curtailing academic freedom in universities across the country, Wolf illustrates how our open, democratic society is being systemically shut down by the Bush administration.
The beauty of this book, however, lies not so much in its thoroughly researched and clearly articulated thesis, but in its ability to offer an optimistic alternative to the apathy that is plaguing the young patriots that this book addresses. Reading "The End of America", although seemingly depressing at first, is enlightening in its ability to offer its own thesis as an antidote to the trajectory America is on. It is only awareness of our own history and a clear sense of what is currently happening around us that can dismantle the governmental authority that is so threatening to us now. As Wolf writes, "..the founders did not mean for powerful men and women far away from the citizens or people with their own agendas or for a class of professionals to perform the patriots' tasks, or to protect freedom. They meant for us to do it: you, me, the American who delivers your mail, the one who teaches your kids" (p.5).
Wolf could not be more accurate in her statement. Psychology has taught us that the only way out of the helplessness/hopelessness cycle is by asserting control and recognizing that we have the power to change and shape our environment. In an era where nihilism and despair predominate, "The End of America" is a refreshing, accessible, passionate, timely and engaging guidebook to help us on our way.
It was thus all the more refreshing to read Wolf's book "The End of America" and feel, much to my pleasant surprise, a rare sense of optimism at its conclusion. Using the same accessible and passionate voice that has made "The Beauty Myth" and "Misconceptions" bestsellers, Wolf eloquently argues that Americans are rapidly losing their liberties under the Bush regime and that the political tactics being used to implant these policies have historical parallels in other fascist dictatorships including Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Using example after example spanning from personal accounts of young jailed young bloggers and peace activists to the very public crackdowns on dissidents like the Dixie chicks, to curtailing academic freedom in universities across the country, Wolf illustrates how our open, democratic society is being systemically shut down by the Bush administration.
The beauty of this book, however, lies not so much in its thoroughly researched and clearly articulated thesis, but in its ability to offer an optimistic alternative to the apathy that is plaguing the young patriots that this book addresses. Reading "The End of America", although seemingly depressing at first, is enlightening in its ability to offer its own thesis as an antidote to the trajectory America is on. It is only awareness of our own history and a clear sense of what is currently happening around us that can dismantle the governmental authority that is so threatening to us now. As Wolf writes, "..the founders did not mean for powerful men and women far away from the citizens or people with their own agendas or for a class of professionals to perform the patriots' tasks, or to protect freedom. They meant for us to do it: you, me, the American who delivers your mail, the one who teaches your kids" (p.5).
Wolf could not be more accurate in her statement. Psychology has taught us that the only way out of the helplessness/hopelessness cycle is by asserting control and recognizing that we have the power to change and shape our environment. In an era where nihilism and despair predominate, "The End of America" is a refreshing, accessible, passionate, timely and engaging guidebook to help us on our way.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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For Naomi Wolf, democracy in her home country is in the process of being altered forever.
This assault comes from a small group of people who want to secure a `permanent majority' status in order to control State power (access to the executive) and State money (the budget).
War on Terror
The means of this assault by those `special interests' is the `War on Terror', which could `involve' the introduction of emergence decrees in order to close down civil liberties, criminalize dissent and create overall `military' tribunals.
By mythologizing and institutionalizing an external and internal threat - indefinitely - the `War on Terror' justifies and secures enormous and permanent security, surveillance and military budgets.
Democracy v. dictatorship
The ground of democracy is truth; the ground of dictatorship is assertion (lies).
Habeas corpus is the cornerstone of every democracy. A system without habeas corpus is the cornerstone of every dictatorship.
Fascist shift
Fascism is an anti-democratic ideology that uses the threat of violence against the individual to subdue the institutions of civil society so that they in turn can be subordinated to the power of the State.
The aim of the `surveillance' authorities is the creation of a general existential fear and concomitantly an intimidated civil society, where you can lose your livelihood if you refuse to comply with the party line or if you say to a colleague that you voted against the grain. With `watch lists' people could have difficulty to get a job or travel, if they are `registered'.
By comparing measures taken by her government with those introduced by Nazi - and Stasi - Germany, by Mussolini's Italy or by Chile's Pinochet, Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm bell for all those who cherish liberty as an essential aspect of human life.
Her call to `save democracy' is a real one.
This pamphlet is a must read for all real democrats.
This assault comes from a small group of people who want to secure a `permanent majority' status in order to control State power (access to the executive) and State money (the budget).
War on Terror
The means of this assault by those `special interests' is the `War on Terror', which could `involve' the introduction of emergence decrees in order to close down civil liberties, criminalize dissent and create overall `military' tribunals.
By mythologizing and institutionalizing an external and internal threat - indefinitely - the `War on Terror' justifies and secures enormous and permanent security, surveillance and military budgets.
Democracy v. dictatorship
The ground of democracy is truth; the ground of dictatorship is assertion (lies).
Habeas corpus is the cornerstone of every democracy. A system without habeas corpus is the cornerstone of every dictatorship.
Fascist shift
Fascism is an anti-democratic ideology that uses the threat of violence against the individual to subdue the institutions of civil society so that they in turn can be subordinated to the power of the State.
The aim of the `surveillance' authorities is the creation of a general existential fear and concomitantly an intimidated civil society, where you can lose your livelihood if you refuse to comply with the party line or if you say to a colleague that you voted against the grain. With `watch lists' people could have difficulty to get a job or travel, if they are `registered'.
By comparing measures taken by her government with those introduced by Nazi - and Stasi - Germany, by Mussolini's Italy or by Chile's Pinochet, Naomi Wolf sounds the alarm bell for all those who cherish liberty as an essential aspect of human life.
Her call to `save democracy' is a real one.
This pamphlet is a must read for all real democrats.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Easy to read and easy to follow.
How the press are restricted, how surveillance of ordinary citizens is needed, how key individuals are targeted in order to create fear.
How to subvert the rule of law - within a working democracy.
How you need to arbitrarily detain and release citizens and infiltrate cizitens's groups.
These "how to's" are taken from Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini, and then applied to today's state surveillance and database state.
For anyone interested in ID cards, Police State tactics, civil rights, Secret Courts, this book is the "Blueprint" for how government and secret agencies work.
How the press are restricted, how surveillance of ordinary citizens is needed, how key individuals are targeted in order to create fear.
How to subvert the rule of law - within a working democracy.
How you need to arbitrarily detain and release citizens and infiltrate cizitens's groups.
These "how to's" are taken from Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini, and then applied to today's state surveillance and database state.
For anyone interested in ID cards, Police State tactics, civil rights, Secret Courts, this book is the "Blueprint" for how government and secret agencies work.
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scary stuff
This was a little scary to read, but probably more than a touch overstated. Is Ms. Wolf paranoid, or just trying to sell books with shock value, or is she instead actually right... Read more
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