Silencing Political Dissent

Author : Nancy Chang
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609803032

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Silencing Political Dissent by Nancy Chang Pdf

In her groundbreaking new book, Silencing Political Dissent, constitutional expert Nancy Chang examines how the Bush administration's fight against terrorism is resulting in a disturbing erosion of First Amendment rights and increase of executive power. Chang's compelling analysis begins with a historical review of political repression and intolerance of dissent in America. From the Sedition Act of 1798, through the Smith Act of the 1940s and the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II, to the FBI's infamous COINTELPRO program of the 1960s, Chang recalls how during times of crisis and war, the U.S. government has unjustly detained individuals, invaded personal privacy, and hampered the free speech of Americans. Chang's expertise as a senior constitutional attorney shines through in the power and clarity of her argument. Meticulously researched and footnoted, Chang's book forces us to challenge the government when it is unpopular to do so, and to consider that perhaps "our future safety lies in the expansion, rather the contraction, of the democratic values set forth in the Constitution."

Author : Nancy Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:124067157

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Silencing Political Dissent by Nancy Chang Pdf

Author : Clive Hamilton,Sarah Maddison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1741751012

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Silencing Dissent by Clive Hamilton,Sarah Maddison Pdf

A frightening analysis of the tactics used by the Howard government to silence independent experts and commentators as well as public servants and organisations which criticise its policies.

Author : Clive Hamilton,Sarah Maddison
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781741761191

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Silencing Dissent by Clive Hamilton,Sarah Maddison Pdf

For over a decade, the Howard government has found ways to silence its critics, one by one. Like the proverbial frog in boiling water, Australians have become accustomed to repeated attacks on respected individuals and organizations. For a government which claims to support freedom of speech and freedom of choice, only certain kinds of speech and choices appear to be acceptable. Silencing Dissent uncovers the tactics used by John Howard and his colleagues to undermine dissenting and independent opinion. Bullying, intimidation, public denigration, threats of withdrawal of fundi.

Author : Bud Schultz,Ruth Schultz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520224025

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The Price of Dissent by Bud Schultz,Ruth Schultz Pdf

Focuses on the activists in three of the "most dramatic, sustained" social movements of the twentieth century: the labor, civil rights, and antiwar movements. Provides an overview and brief history of each of these movements. Activists in each of these movements recall the courage needed to stand up to resistance from the police and the government (from the FBI to Congress and the White House), and the struggle to overcome violence and accusations of treachery and subversion.

Author : Eric Thomas Chester
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583678701

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Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent During World War I by Eric Thomas Chester Pdf

A comprehensive history of the National Civil Liberties Bureau's role in the anti-war movement during the First World War World War I, given all the rousing “Over-There” songs and in-the-trenches films it inspired, was, at its outset, surprisingly unpopular with the American public. As opposition increased, Woodrow Wilson’s presidential administration became intent on stifling antiwar dissent. Wilson effectively silenced the National Civil Liberties Bureau, forerunner of the American Civil Liberties Union. Presidential candidate Eugene Debs was jailed, and Deb’s Socialist Party became a prime target of surveillance operations, both covert and overt. Drastic as these measures were, more draconian measures were to come. In his absorbing new book, Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent During World War I, Eric Chester reveals that out of this turmoil came a heated public discussion on the theory of civil liberties – the basic freedoms that are, theoretically, untouchable by any of the three branches of the U.S. government. The famous “clear and present danger” argument of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the “balance of conflicting interest” theory of law professor Zechariah Chafee, for example, evolved to provide a rationale for courts to act as a limited restraint on autocratic actions of the government. But Chester goes further, to examine an alternative theory: civil liberties exist as absolute rights, rather than being dependent on the specific circumstances of each case. Over the years, the debate about the right to dissent has intensified and become more necessary. This fascinating book explains why, a century after the First World War – and in the era of Trump – we need to know about this.

Author : Kirsten Powers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781621573913

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The Silencing by Kirsten Powers Pdf

Lifelong liberal Kirsten Powers blasts the Left's forced march towards conformity in an exposé of the illiberal war on free speech. No longer champions of tolerance and free speech, the "illiberal Left" now viciously attacks and silences anyone with alternative points of view. Powers asks, "What ever happened to free speech in America?"

Author : Lorna Finlayson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783482887

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The Political is Political by Lorna Finlayson Pdf

Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering a critique of mainstream liberal political philosophy through close, critical engagement with a series of specific debates and arguments, Finlayson analyzes the way in which apparently neutral methodological devices such as “charitable interpretation” and “constructive criticism” function so as to protect against challenges to the status quo. At each stage, Finlayson demonstrates that political philosophy is suffering from a complex process of “de-politicization.” Even in cases where it appears that the dominant framework of liberal political philosophy is being strongly challenged—as, for example, in the case of the ‘realist’ critique of “ideal theory”—this book argues that the debate is set up in such a way as to impose strict limits on the kind of dissent that is possible. Only by dragging these hidden presuppositions into the foreground can we arrive at a clear-eyed appreciation of such debates, and perhaps look beyond the artificially constricted landscape in which they seek to confine us.

Author : Mark Sidel
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 0472031732

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More Secure, Less Free? by Mark Sidel Pdf

An up-to-the-minute analysis of the government war on privacy

Author : Sarah Marie Stitzlein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317250913

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Teaching for Dissent by Sarah Marie Stitzlein Pdf

Teaching for Dissent looks at the implications of new forms of dissent for educational practice. The reappearance of dissent in political meetings and street protests opens new possibilities for improved democratic life and citizen participation. This book argues that this possibility will not be fulfilled if schools do not cultivate the skills necessary for our citizens to engage in political dissent. The authors look at how practices in schools, such as the testing regime and the 'hidden curriculum', suppress students' ability to voice ideas that stand in opposition to the status quo. Teaching for Dissent calls for a realignment of the curriculum and the practices of schooling with a guiding vision of democratic participation.

Author : Ernest Freeberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674263611

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Democracy’s Prisoner by Ernest Freeberg Pdf

In 1920, socialist leader Eugene V. Debs ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America’s role in World War I. Though many called Debs a traitor, others praised him as a prisoner of conscience, a martyr to the cause of free speech. Nearly a million Americans agreed, voting for a man whom the government had branded an enemy to his country. In a beautifully crafted narrative, Ernest Freeberg shows that the campaign to send Debs from an Atlanta jailhouse to the White House was part of a wider national debate over the right to free speech in wartime. Debs was one of thousands of Americans arrested for speaking his mind during the war, while government censors were silencing dozens of newspapers and magazines. When peace was restored, however, a nationwide protest was unleashed against the government’s repression, demanding amnesty for Debs and his fellow political prisoners. Led by a coalition of the country’s most important intellectuals, writers, and labor leaders, this protest not only liberated Debs, but also launched the American Civil Liberties Union and changed the course of free speech in wartime. The Debs case illuminates our own struggle to define the boundaries of permissible dissent as we continue to balance the right of free speech with the demands of national security. In this memorable story of democracy on trial, Freeberg excavates an extraordinary episode in the history of one of America’s most prized ideals.

Author : Donatella della Porta,Mario Diani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191667824

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The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements by Donatella della Porta,Mario Diani Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements is an innovative volume that presents a comprehensive exploration of social movement studies, mapping the field and expanding it to examine the recent developments in cognate areas of studies, within and beyond sociology and political science. This volume brings together the most distinguished social and political scientists working in this field, each writing thought-provoking essays in their area of expertise, and facilitates conversations between classic social movement agenda and lines of research. The Oxford Handbook of Social Movements discusses core theoretical perspectives, recent contributions from the field, and how patterns of macro social change may affect social movements, as well as suggesting what contributions social movement studies can give to other research areas in various disciplines.

Author : Scott Lucas
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015060099887

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The Betrayal of Dissent by Scott Lucas Pdf

Scathing attack on Hitchens and others who have used Orwell to justify reactionary responses to the 'war on terror'.

Author : Christian Davenport,Hank Johnston,Carol McClurg Mueller
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816644254

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Repression and Mobilization by Christian Davenport,Hank Johnston,Carol McClurg Mueller Pdf

Introduction: repression and mobilization : insights from political science and sociology / Christian Davenport -- Protest mobilization, protest repression, and their interaction / Clark McPhail and John D. McCarthy -- Precarious regimes and matchup problems in the explanation of repressive policy / Vince Boudreau -- The dictator's dilemma / Ronald A. Francisco -- When activists ask for trouble : state-dissident interactions and the New Left cycle of resistance in the United States and Japan / Gilda Zwerman and Patricia Steinhoff -- Talking the walk : speech acts and resistance in authoritarian regimes / Hank Johnston -- Soft repression : ridicule, stigma, and silencing in gender-based movements / Myra Marx Ferree -- Repression and the public sphere : discursive opportunities for repression against the extreme right in Germany in the 1990s / Ruud Koopmans -- On the quantification of horror : notes from the field / Patrick Ball -- Repression, mobilization, and explanation / Charles Tilly -- How to organize your mechanisms : research programs, stylized facts, and historical narratives / Mark Lichbach.

Author : Heath A. Diehl
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781785276149

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Addiction, Representation and the Experimental Novel, 19852015 by Heath A. Diehl Pdf

Since the nineteenth century, the Western realistic novel has persistently represented the addict as a morally toxic force bent on destroying the institutions, practices, and ideologies that historically have connoted reason, order, civilization. Addiction, Representation undertakes an investigation into an alternative literary tradition that unsettles this limited portrayal of the addict. The book analyzes the practices and politics of reading the experimental addiction novel, and outlines both a practice and an ethics of reading that advocates for a more compassionate response to both diegetic and extra-diegetic addicts—an approach that, at its core, is focused on understanding.