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YouTube - Talk by Naomi Wolf - The End of America
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Apr 25, 8:36am
44 reviews
politics, usa, democracy, facism, naomi-woolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc
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Naomi talks of the blueprint that so often has been followed by facist leaders prior to martial law being forced upon a previously democratic nation. She presents example after example that very similar steps have been followed in the USA of today. Much of this material has been frequently shared in Stumbleupon circles, but this inspired speech puts it all together in 48 minutes.
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Talk:FEMA US-193 satellite interception briefing - Wikileaks
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Feb 21, 4:42am
1 review
alternative-news, journalism, democracy, whistle-blowers, injunctions
http://wikileaks.be/wiki/Talk:FEMA_US-193_satellite_interception_briefing
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From the page: "In a move that legal experts said could present a major test of First Amendment rights in the Internet era, a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday ordered the disabling of a Web site devoted to disclosing confidential information.
The site, Wikileaks.org, invites people to post leaked materials with the goal of discouraging â€oeunethical behavior” by corporations and governments. It has posted documents said to show the rules of engagement for American troops in Iraq, a military manual for the operation of the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and other evidence of what it has called corporate waste and wrongdoing.
On Friday 15 Feb 2008, Judge Jeffrey S. White of Federal District Court in San Francisco granted a permanent injunction ordering Dynadot, the siteâ€s domain name registrar, to disable the Wikileaks.org domain name. The order had the effect of locking the front door to the site â€" a largely ineffectual action that kept back doors to the site, and several copies of it, available to sophisticated Web users who knew where to look."
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YouTube - Freedom River
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Dec 30, 2006 7:39am
46 reviews
animation, liberties, video, democracy, orson-wells
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ABKLirW24LE
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An animation about a new country growing rich together, then decaying into greed and disregard for others and their ideas.
This parable was by a fellow called Warren Schmidt, with voice over by Orson Wells. Watch this to be reminded how democracy must be maintained with our contributions to it.
Excellent, and very timely.
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The New York Times & Log In
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Jan 26, 2006 3:50am
2 reviews
democracy, liberty, analysis, tyranny, tocqueville
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/opinion/23mon3.html?incamp=article_popular
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Quoting from Adam Cohen's article (thanks http://don-keehotay.stumbleupon.com/):
"Tocqueville would not have been distracted by all the talk that warrantless wiretaps, indefinite detainment of enemy combatants and other civil liberties incursions are serving the cause of freedom. He understood that the newest incarnation of despotism was likely to be ushered in by the "avowed lover of liberty" who is a "hidden servant of tyranny."
Nor, though, would he be likely to despair. One reason "Democracy in America" has remained so popular is that despite his fears, Tocqueville remained nervously optimistic about democracy. He knew that the kind of equality that had taken hold in America could lead to tyranny, but he also believed that it gave people a "taste for free institutions," which would lead them to resist. Equality "insinuates deep into the heart and mind of every man some vague notion and some instinctive inclination toward political freedom," he insisted, "thereby preparing the antidote for the ill which it has produced.""
I remember having Tocqueville on my tutorial reading list for a great Monash Uni politics subject "America: Decay of the liberal dream?". Having now read this great piece from the New York Times I wish I'd done that reading now! Very pertinent for our times one and a half centuries later!
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