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Author : Daniel Lazare
Release : 2001-10-17
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 339/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Velvet Coup by : Daniel Lazare
Download or read book The Velvet Coup written by Daniel Lazare. This book was released on 2001-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only will breakdowns like the one that occurred in November 2000 grow more frequent, they will grow more serious as well."--Jacket.
Author : Daniel Lazare
Release : 2008-01-01
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Book Rating : 348/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Velvet Coup by : Daniel Lazare
Download or read book Velvet Coup written by Daniel Lazare. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the media, the 2000 election debacle was a once-in-a-lifetime fluke. But, Lazare argues that such events are likely to become the rule rather than the exception. After more than 200 years, America¿s antiquated gov¿t. is in a state of breakdown. A constitutional overhaul is needed to update the machinery in line with the needs of modern democracy. But, such change is difficult to achieve. As a result, the U.S. has entered the 21st cent. with an 18th-cent. gov¿t. A new arrangement is required, one which abolishes the electoral college, equal representation in the Senate for all states regardless of size, & an all-powerful Supreme Court. Only when these shackles from the past are broken can the Amer. public assert control over their gov¿t.
Author : Jill Cody
Release : 2016-09-15
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Book Rating : 209/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis America Abandoned by : Jill Cody
Download or read book America Abandoned written by Jill Cody. This book was released on 2016-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From right wing conservatives to Wall Street fat cats, progressive writer Jill Cody delivers a no-holds-barred look at a country that's becoming politically, morally and financially bankrupt." -- Thom Hartmann, nationally syndicated talk show host and bestselling authorThe American people have been abandoned. Behemoth corporations, the uber-rich, the media, Congress, and the Supreme Court have withdrawn their support from "We, the People", in spite of their duty, allegiance, or responsibility to American citizens. Billionaires and corporations are flourishing as they abandon loyalty to employees and American citizens. The same wealthy people and corporations are hoarding billions of dollars offshore to avoid paying taxes while privatizing their profits and subsidizing their losses. By doing so, they are intentionally abandoning their civic responsibility for the obscene accumulation of profit, and are impeding the government's ability to serve the public good.When you read this eye-opening expose ́, you will discover:* who launched the Velvet Coup* which seminal moments in U.S. history are threatening our democracy today* what Citizen Voter Type you are, and how to become a powerful citizen* what Living in the Black or Living in the Red means, and how those choices could either rescue or ruin America* how we can reconstruct our lives and laws to save our middle class and democracy.Jill Cody, a well-known, influential educator, consultant and advocate, presents an expanded view of abandonment to illustrate how this calculated crisis is destroying our democracy. This book's optimism speaks to the hope that, when we realize we have lost something of great value, we will fight to get it back. After reading America Abandoned, you will know it is time to take a stand, be bold, and recapture our democracy.
Author : Larry Colton
Release : 2000-01
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Book Rating : 561/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Counting Coup a True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn by : Larry Colton
Download or read book Counting Coup a True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn written by Larry Colton. This book was released on 2000-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Zantovsky
Release : 2014-11-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 394/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Havel by : Michael Zantovsky
Download or read book Havel written by Michael Zantovsky. This book was released on 2014-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “definitive biography” of the poet and political dissident who became the last president of Czechoslovakia—and first president of the Czech Republic (Walter Isaacson). This portrait of Vaclav Havel, iconoclast and intellectual, renowned playwright turned political dissident, president of a united then divided nation, and dedicated human rights activist, is written by his former press secretary, advisor, and longtime friend—and recounts the turbulent twentieth-century era through which he prevailed. Havel’s lifelong perspective as an outsider began with his privileged childhood in Prague and his family’s blacklisted status following the Communist coup of 1948. This feeling of being outcast fueled his career as an essayist and a dramatist writing absurdist plays as social commentary. His involvement during the Prague Spring and his leadership of Charter 77, his unflagging belief in the power of the powerless, and his galvanizing personality catapulted Havel into a pivotal role as the leader of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Although Havel was a courageous visionary, he was also a man of great contradictions, wracked with doubt and self-criticism. But he always remained true to himself. This “smart and exciting” biography is “both inspiring and filled with lessons for our time” (Walter Isaacson). “Havel was one of the most important intellectual-troublemaking statesmen of his time—a nonconformist, determined to live in truth, who questioned the system, his countrymen and himself constantly. No one is better suited than Michael Zantovsky to describe, interpret, and analyze this moral giant . . . A brilliantly informed intellectual and political history.” —Madeleine Albright “Entertaining, intimate, and moving . . . Zantovsky’s voice—that of a natural storyteller with an eye for the memorable anecdote, a mischievous wit, an easy intelligence, and keen sense of balance and fairness—is so engaging.” —Paul Wilson, The New York Review of Books
