The Warning: Five Authors. One Warning. American democracy in crisis.
Terrorism. Cronyism. Surveillance. The suspension of basic Constitutional protections. The Patriot Act. Pre-emptive War. Bad intelligence. Torture. Corporate power. Mercenaries. Occupation. The Unitary Executive. Neo-Cons. A never-ending war against "terror."
Something very strange has happened in America. Since 2001, America has taken a radical turn.
Five authors stood up and spoke truth to power, exposing shocking trends towards a police state, an accelerated corporate integration with the state and the blatant subversion of the U. S. Constitution.
Five mavericks asked questions the mainstream media refused to ask, and looked into the dark corners of a closing democracy, a changing economy and growing empire.
Five authors stood up and spoke truth to power, exposing shocking trends towards a police state, an accelerated corporate integration with the state and the blatant subversion of the U. S. Constitution.
Five mavericks asked questions the mainstream media refused to ask, and looked into the dark corners of a closing democracy, a changing economy and growing empire.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy
- Naomi Wolf: The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
- Chris Hedges: American Fascists; the Christian Right and the War on America
- Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- Joe Conason: It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush
They expose the forces at work in the transformation of our democracy into a Unitary Executive that uses fear, emergency powers and the supremacy of military command to gather power into the office of the Presidency. The Warning traces the radical steps America had taken toward a new, wholly unconstitutional form of American government.
- The rise of super-patriotism
- Disdain for the importance of human rights and the rule of law
- Use of torture and secret prisons
- Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause
- Suppression of dissent
- A controlled mass media
- Obsession with national security
- Religion and ruling elite tied together
- Power of corporations protected
- Rampant cronyism and corruption
- Fraudulent elections
These steps lead to a potential tipping point, from democracy to something different. Something ominous.
This is their warning. Watch, before it is too late.