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Title: Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties by Nancy Chang, Howard Zinn, Center for Constitutional Rights ISBN: 1583224947 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Status Report
Comment: Though this little booklet may soon be overtaken by events, it's a fine reality check for where we are at the moment. As Chang makes clear, Patriot Act I renders the Fourth Amendment meaningless, at the same time it strips non-citizens of due process and constitutional guarantees. And though the text does at times read like a legal brief, the details are provided in succinct fashion that should alarm anyone concerned with safeguards against tyranny, whatever the source. Moreover, the threat promises to worsen as Ashcroft readies a sequel to PAI, further blurring the line between dissent and terrorism. Despite appearances, this is not a partisan issue. We all stand to lose unless we stand up for constitutional government and the right to dissent. Chang's represents a handy and inexpensive status report, that should be the duty of every citizen to read and act on.
Rating: 5
Summary: Steven King Doesn't Have Anything On This
Comment: If you're in the mood for a good scare, this will do you. It's amazing how fragile our liberties are, and how one little decision can place them in harm's way.
I definantly recommend this, regardless of the current climates, for a better understanding of the ways our liberties have been abused in the past, and how easily our privacy can be invaded without our even knowing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent concise summary
Comment: Nancy Chang's concise summary of post 9/11 developments is an excellent primer on how dissent has been repressed and silenced in the name of anti-terrorism and how "patriotism" has been twisted into something resembling a Mccarthyite witch-hunt. She focuses on the USA PATRIOT Act, and her legal analysis of the profound unconstitutionality of some of its provisions is chilling. Her legal analysis is acute and accurate (she is the senior litigation lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights in NYC). Among other things, attorney-client communications are now being monitored if the client is suspected or accused of "terrorist" activities. The term "terrorism" has been so expanded and amplified by this Act as to make it applicable to many activities not normally considered to be within its ambit, as Ms. Chang details. This is a timely, up-to-the-minute introduction, and urgent reading for everyone concerned with the assault on civil rights now taking place in the guise of fighting "terrorism."
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Title: Terrorism and War (Open Media Pamphlet Series) by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ISBN: 1583224939 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security by David Cole, James X. Dempsey, Carole E. Goldberg ISBN: 1565847822 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060937319 Publisher: Perennial Pr Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: 9-11 by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 1583224890 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Declarations of Independence by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060921080 Publisher: Perennial Pr Pub. Date: 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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