Fighting For Liberty

Author : Mark Lasswell
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781541724150

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Anne Applebaum, Garry Kasparov, Richard North Patterson, and a constellation of other thinkers make the urgent case for liberal democracy---reinvigorating its central values in an age of doubt and discord. Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, besieged by authoritarianism, nationalism, and other illiberal forces. Far-right parties are gaining traction in Europe, Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Russia and undermines democracy abroad, and America struggles with poisonous threats from the right and left. But the defenders of democracy are strong too. Taking their cues from the 1788 Federalist Papers, the Renew Democracy Initiative is a collective of pro-democracy advocates from across the political spectrum, including Anne Applebaum, Garry Kasparov, Max Boot, Bret Stephens, Ted Koppel, and Natan Sharansky. This book is their foundational document, a collection of essays that analyze the multi-pronged threats to liberal democracy in the U.S. and abroad, and offer solutions based on fundamental democratic principles such as freedom of speech, a free press, and the rule of law. Fight for Liberty is a roadmap for the struggle against the rising tide of extremism and a cri de coeur in defense of the liberal world order, which sees itself threatened as never before today.

Author : Marvin N. Olasky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004047454

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Fighting for Liberty and Virtue by Marvin N. Olasky Pdf

New insights into the interplay of American politics, religion, sex, and revolution in the 18th century.

Author : Maggie Mead
Publisher : Red Chair Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781939656704

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Suffrage Sisters by Maggie Mead Pdf

Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke before an eager crowd in 1948. Her demand was equal rights for women--including suffrage, the right to vote. It took more than 70 years from that moment before all American women could vote.

Author : Paul Engel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798631987371

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Fighting For Liberty by Paul Engel Pdf

For many Americans, reciting the words of the National Anthem is like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket. Familiar, yet sometimes polarizing, these words describe a country that is fast disappearing into the mist of the past. People don't want to pledge allegiance. More often than not what is taught is not the United States of America, but an evil caricature. Most people don't even realize that this nation is a republic and not a democracy. God has been kicked out of the public square and if there is one truth about America today it's that we are polarized and divided. Even the concepts of liberty and justice, when mentioned at all, are twisted so far from their definitions as to be unrecognizable.Can we once again be, as our national anthem states, "the land of the free and the home of the brave"? If we want to be the land of the free, to live with liberty and justice for all, then we must learn to fight for it. But how? Is it possible to fight for liberty without destroying it? Let's see.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Liberty
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024786071

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Pdf

Author : Thomas J. Sugrue
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812970388

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Sweet Land of Liberty by Thomas J. Sugrue Pdf

Sweet Land of Liberty is Thomas J. Sugrue’s epic account of the abiding quest for racial equality in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South. Sugrue’s panoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present–more than eighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncovers the forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters, beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history of struggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramatic story of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and the long and tangled histories of integration and black power. Filled with unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and making use of information and accounts both public and private, such as the writings of obscure African American journalists and the records of civil rights and black power groups, Sweet Land of Liberty creates an indelible history.

Author : K. M. Kostyal
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781426211751

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Founding Fathers by K. M. Kostyal Pdf

Kostyal tells the story of the great American heroes who created the Declaration of Independence, fought the American Revolution, shaped the US Constitution--and changed the world. The era's dramatic events, from the riotous streets in Boston to the unlikely victory at Saratoga, are punctuated with lavishly illustrated biographies of the key founders--Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison--who shaped the very idea of America. An introduction and ten expertly-rendered National Geographic maps round out this ideal gift for history buff and student alike. Filled with beautiful illustrations, maps, and inspired accounts from the men and women who made America, Founding Fathers brings the birth of the new nation to light.

Author : Woody Holton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476750392

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Liberty Is Sweet by Woody Holton Pdf

A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters. Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet is a “spirited account” (Gordon S. Wood, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution) that explores countless connections between the Patriots of 1776 and other Americans whose passion for freedom often brought them into conflict with the Founding Fathers. “It is all one story,” prizewinning historian Woody Holton writes. Holton describes the origins and crucial battles of the Revolution from Lexington and Concord to the British surrender at Yorktown, always focusing on marginalized Americans—enslaved Africans and African Americans, Native Americans, women, and dissenters—and on overlooked factors such as weather, North America’s unique geography, chance, misperception, attempts to manipulate public opinion, and (most of all) disease. Thousands of enslaved Americans exploited the chaos of war to obtain their own freedom, while others were given away as enlistment bounties to whites. Women provided material support for the troops, sewing clothes for soldiers and in some cases taking part in the fighting. Both sides courted native people and mimicked their tactics. Liberty Is Sweet is a “must-read book for understanding the founding of our nation” (Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin), from its origins on the frontiers and in the Atlantic ports to the creation of the Constitution. Offering surprises at every turn—for example, Holton makes a convincing case that Britain never had a chance of winning the war—this majestic history revivifies a story we thought we already knew.

Author : John Maynard
Publisher : Aboriginal Studies Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 9780855755508

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Fight for Liberty and Freedom by John Maynard Pdf

Opposition to the British colonisation of Australia did not spring from the Mabo decision or the Native Title Act, nor was it born in the vibrant 1960s, which culminated in the famous tent embassy in 1972. Rather, the first politically organised and united all-Aboriginal activist group was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA), begun in 1924 under the leadership of Frederick Maynard. For the first time Aboriginal people voiced their disapproval in public in a well-organised way. They opened offices in Sydney, held street rallies. conducted public meetings, gained newspaper coverage, wrote letters and petitions to Government at all levels, and collaborated with the international black labor movement. The AAPA's demands resonate today. They centred on Aboriginal rights to land, stopping Aboriginal children being taken from their families, the acquisition of citizenship rights, and defending a distinct Aboriginal cultural identity. This form of resistance and organised action has now endured for more than seventy years and through a detailed exploration of the life of his grandfather, John Maynard reveals the AAPA's invaluable legacy.

Author : Stephen M. Carter
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1913118886

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Fighting for Liberty by Stephen M. Carter Pdf

This book offers a fresh and vibrant account of the military campaign of Argyll and Monmouth that concludes at Sedgemoor in July 1685.

Author : Damon Root
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781640122352

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A Glorious Liberty by Damon Root Pdf

"A review of Douglass's ideas about free labor and constitutional liberty in order to understand the origins and meanings of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, each of which grew out of the anti-slavery movement that Douglass did so much to shape"--

Author : Ken Cuccinelli
Publisher : Forum Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780770437107

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The Last Line of Defense by Ken Cuccinelli Pdf

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli leads the historic fight against the unprecedented overreach of the federal government. With Obamacare and agencies like the EPA, the FCC, and the National Labor Relations Board attempting to exercise unprecedented control over the American people, the Obama Administration was breaking federal laws, ignoring federal courts, and violating the Constitution to achieve its goals of redistributing wealth, concentrating power in Washington, and rewarding its supporters. Without enough lawmakers in Washington devoted to protecting the rule of law to stop the federal government's liberty-stealing power grab, the battle had to be waged in an unprecedented way: from the states -- just as our Founding Fathers intended. The man who led the charge was Ken Cuccinelli, the first state attorney general to argue in federal court against Obamacare, an unapologetic defender of the Constitution, and a man admirers and detractors alike said "was tea party long before there was a Tea Party." The Last Line of Defense provides a behind-the-scenes account of the myriad of legal battles in which our states were the only instruments of resistance to federal abuses of power. It is a must-read for every patriot.

Author : Steven Waldman
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062743169

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Sacred Liberty by Steven Waldman Pdf

Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation’s “greatest invention.” Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined amidst the brutal persecution of Catholics, Baptists, Mormons, Quakers, African slaves, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses. American leaders drove religious freedom forward--figures like James Madison, George Washington, the World War II presidents (Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower) and even George W. Bush. But the biggest heroes were the regular Americans – people like Mary Dyer, Marie Barnett and W.D. Mohammed -- who risked their lives or reputations by demanding to practice their faiths freely. Just as the documentary Eyes on the Prize captured the rich drama of the civil rights movement, Sacred Liberty brings to life the remarkable story of how America became one of the few nations in world history that has religious freedom, diversity and high levels of piety at the same time. Finally, Sacred Liberty provides a roadmap for how, in the face of modern threats to religious freedom, this great achievement can be preserved.

Author : Luther Campbell
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780062336439

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The Book of Luke by Luther Campbell Pdf

Born in Miami's notorious Liberty City, Luther Campbell witnessed poverty, despair, and crime firsthand. His uncle Ricky did not want him trapped by the "invisible chains" of systemic racism, so Ricky schooled him on the necessity of a black man running his own life, controlling his livelihood, and owning property. Embracing these lessons, Campbell discovered his gift for entrepreneurship: He created one of the first hip-hop record companies, Luke Records, which started out of a shed in his mom's backyard and grew into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. As a rapper on his own label, Luke became known as the "King of Dirty Rap" and helped pioneer the worldwide phenomenon of Miami Bass. He went on to become the front man and manager for the rap group 2 Live Crew, and was key to the success of the group's controversial platinum recording As Nasty As They Wanna Be. His hugely popular and provocative music infuriated the Man, and Luke was marked as public enemy number one when hip-hop crossed the color line into white America. Campbell would spend more than a million dollars of his own money fighting cops and prosecutors, and he went all the way to the Supreme Court to protect his—and every other artist's—right to free speech, setting landmark legal precedents that continue to shape the entertainment industry to this day. In Campbell's clear and honest voice, he shares unforgettable stories of his rise to celebrity status, including illicit tales from his raunchy concerts. He also breaks down how he lost his fortune, but in the process gained a better perspective on life. His father taught him to be responsible for his actions and to be proud of himself. Campbell expressed this by being cocky and holding his head up high, but, as he acknowledges, "America has never been an easy place for a black man who doesn't know how to apologize." Touching on some of the most pressing issues of our time, The Book of Luke is a raw and powerful memoir of how one man invented southern hip-hop, saved the First Amendment, and became a role model for the disenfranchised people of the city he calls home.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Jehovah's Witnesses
ISBN : OCLC:220315209

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Fighting for Liberty on the Home Front by Anonim Pdf