Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #451574 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 376 pages

Customer Reviews

The right to liberty is universal
Naomi Wolf's pamphlet is one long cry for freedom and its political expression `democracy', which is the only means to defend individual liberty, the right to be safe against unreasonable searches of bodies, houses, papers, computers and possessions and against illegal spying.

Analysis
N. Wolf rightly states that `life without freedom is not worth having it'. The US founders did not create liberty for America, but America for liberty.
Today, in the face of the `war on terror', liberty is portrayed as a threat to security. Those in power want blind loyalty, unconditional support for US militarism and commercial imperialism, a tyranny of Christian fundamentalism and the silencing of dissent.
They encourage people not to vote, because the `government is the problem. It can't solve problems. So, don't bother to get involved.' As former President Jimmy Carter remarks: `the US voting system is flawed with severe discrimination against poor people.'
More, the population is conditioned `not to think'. The information channels are gagged. As some journalists say: `there is direct intervention in news gathering and reporting.'

The whole US society risks to become a new version of a closed society controlled by a wealthy oligarchy (Plato revisited).

What to do?
People should not be recipients of the deliberations of an elite.
The rulers must respect the rule of law and should not reign according to a faith-based ideology.
There should be a rigorous wall between the State and the Church. No religion should be demonized.

People have to know that `votes trump money'. Voting fraud should be made impossible by all means.
N. Wolf asks for the introduction of national referenda like in Switzerland.
She also provides useful information for enhancing the democratic process through the creation of non-profit organizations and political movements and the organization of protest demonstrations or the writing of petitions.

This book is a must read for all those who want to live in a better and more human world.

Naomi Wolf for President
All things are to be examined and brought into question, and so they are.

Wolf has a Jefferson purity, that sets her apart, and calls on us to reverse the loss of our civil liberties.

The ever illustrious yet practical, Naomi wants us to participate in Liberty. She addresses how to speak in public, fund raise and gives a step by step guide to taking control, yes, you and I taking back control from the state.