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Gag Rule
On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy
by Lewis Lapham
ISBN: 1594200173
ISBN-13: 9781594200175
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In these essays occasioned by the post-9/11 changes in America, esteemed magazine editor and essayist Lewis Lapham writes on what he sees as the threats to free speech and dissent contained in new powers granted by Congress to the President in the USA PATRIOT Act and the Homeland Security Acts. Lapham describes as unacceptable what were previously unthinkable incursions into everyday life; he sees them as an unbridled assault by a government without oversight-a veritable grab for power. Behind the four long essays that make up the book is an awareness of the long arc of free speech from the earliest days of the American republic. The title essay presents a history lesson of how wars have been used to whip up the masses and to cow the press. "Audible Silence" describes the immediate change in tone and content that followed 9/11, and shows how it led quickly to the march to war in Iraq. In "The Mute Button" Lapham takes the press to task for not speaking up as the fourth estate should. "Democracy in Irons" addresses why free speech and dissent are important, and what happens when they are trampled. In the tradition of the earlier patriots and pamphleteers he invokes, including Tom Paine, Lapham's arguments, some of which originally appeared in Harper's magazine, bring an urbane and informed mind to the issues at hand.
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"Literate, sophisticated, and plenty ticked-off...."
-- Kirkus
"[P]rovocative and thoughtful....GAG RULE is a lively political pamphlet, written in the tradition of Thomas Paine's COMMON SENSE." -- John Shattuck
-- New York Times
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 2004
Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 178
Publisher's Notes
Stating that there has never been a greater need for democratic reform in the form of organized public protest, a history of American political dissent charges the Bush administration with forsaking democracy in favor of preserving the American oligarchy.
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Lewis Lapham
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Lewis Lapham
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Lapham, Lewis H
New. ISBN: 1594200173. Hardcover. . Free giftwrap upon request. Brand new, not a used item. Ships in sturdy box with delivery confirmation (in US). Multiple copies may be available. If dissent is democracy, democracy is in trouble. Never before, argues American dissident Lewis Lapham, have voices of protest been so locked out of the mainstream conversation. Between a government that recklessly disregards civil liberties and a media establishment that values profits over truth, we face a crisis of democracy as serious as any in our history. Here is Lapham's rousing call to action in defense of the one right that gives us the power to defend all others. ( more information) Offered by Konstantin Krylov (United States)
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Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and Stifling of Democracy
Lapham, Lewis
Penguin Press HC, The, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. From Publishers Weekly Lapham, editor of Harper's, plays the role of a modern-day Tom Paine, propelling stinging criticisms and scathing indictments at the Bush administration and its supporters for what he claims are their bald-faced deceptions about the justifications for the war in Iraq and for establishing policies--especially the USA Patriot Act--he sees as aimed at silencing dissent about its policies and the war in Iraq.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ( more information) Offered by The Recycled Book Shop (Canada)
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