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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsYou Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repressionby Matthew Rothschild
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Chilling true stories of ordinary Americans whose everyday liberties have been violated since September 11. "I'm very liberal and sometimes my friends say I'm giving them some kind of paranoid, nutty stuff, and I agree, but then the FBI show up."—Marc Schultz, reported to the FBI for reading an article called "Weapons of Mass Stupidity: Fox News hits a new lowest common denominator" while he stood in line at a coffee shop In West Virginia, Renee Jensen put up a yard sign saying "Mr. Bush: You're Fired." She's questioned by the Secret Service. In Alabama, Lynne Gobbell put a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker on her car. She's fired from her job. In Vermont, Tom Treece had his high school students write essays and make posters either defending or criticizing the Iraq War. After midnight, the police entered his classroom and took photos of the student artwork. The heated debates about the Patriot Act, about extensive registration and arrest programs for immigrants, and about domestic spying by the FBI, Pentagon, and National Security Agency have all been front-page news. But less understood are the effects of ramped-up national security policies on ordinary people across the country. In this hard-to-put-down book, Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, shows that post-9/11 America has entered a repressive age. Through dozens of engrossing and disturbing individual stories, You Have No Rights makes clear that America is now a country that is both less safe and less free. From You Have No Rights: Near Albany, New York, Stephen Downs went to a mall with his son Roger, and the two of them bought shirts in a T-shirt shop. Downs put his shirt on, went to eat in the food court—and was arrested. The T-shirt's message? "Peace on Earth." Book News Annotation:Rothschild (editor, The Progressive) has composed a journalistic
compendium of 82 stories demonstrating the severe erosion of civil
and human rights in the post-9/11 United States. He reports on
American citizens of Arab ethnicity being harassed by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, a student anti-torture protestor arrested on
clearly bogus bomb hoax charges, a graphic designer fired from his
job for heckling President Bush at a speech, university students in
Texas investigated by US Army counterintelligence agents for
organizing a conference on Islam and the law, an elementary school
teacher reprimanded for saying "it was important for people to seek
out peaceful solutions to problems before going to war," vigilante-
style harassment of American Muslims, and many more similar stories.
He also offers a brief overview of the legal and political "edifice
of repression."
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Chilling true stories of ordinary Americans whose everyday liberties have been violated since September 11. ""I'm very liberal and sometimes my friends say I'm giving them some kind of paranoid, nutty stuff, and I agree, but then the FBI show up.""--Marc Schultz, reported to the FBI for reading an article called "Weapons of Mass Stupidity: Fox News hits a new lowest common denominator" while he stood in line at a coffee shop In West Virginia, Renee Jensen put up a yard sign saying "Mr. Bush: You're Fired." She's questioned by the Secret Service. In Alabama, Lynne Gobbell put a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker on her car. She's fired from her job. In Vermont, Tom Treece had his high school students write essays and make posters either defending or criticizing the Iraq War. After midnight, the police entered his classroom and took photos of the student artwork. The heated debates about the Patriot Act, about extensive registration and arrest programs for immigrants, and about domestic spying by the FBI, Pentagon, and National Security Agency have all been front-page news. But less understood are the effects of ramped-up national security policies on ordinary people across the country. In this hard-to-put-down book, Matthew Rothschild, editor of "The Progressive" magazine, shows that post-9/11 America has entered a repressive age. Through dozens of engrossing and disturbing individual stories, "You Have No Rights" makes clear that America is now a country that is both less safe and less free. From "You Have No Rights": Near Albany, New York, Stephen Downs went to a mall with his son Roger, and the two of them bought shirts in a T-shirt shop. Downs put his shirt on, went toeat in the food court--and was arrested. The T-shirt's message? "Peace on Earth." About the AuthorMatthew Rothschild has been editor of The Progressive since 1993. Previously the editor of Multinational Monitor, a magazine founded by Ralph Nader, he is the host of Progressive Radio. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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