America, Awake! We Must Take Back Our Country (Paperback)
by Norman D. Livergood (Author)
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Writes author Norman D. Livergood in the Introduction to Awake, America!: "This book is intended as a wake-up call for Americans, as Paul Revere awakened the Lexington patriots to the British attack on April 18, 1775, and as Thomas Paine's Common Sense roused apathetic American colonists to recognize and struggle against British oppression. "Our current situation is similar to that which American patriots faced in the 1770s: a country ruled by 'foreign' and 'domestic' plutocratic powers and a divided citizenry uncertain of their vital interests. "Americans still enjoy a wide range of basic constitutional rights. However, ruthless corporate, financial, and political looters are rapidly undermining our civil liberties and pushing the middle and lower economic classes into privation, poverty, and homelessness. As we become aware of their attacks on American values and institutions, there is no need for anxiety, hatred, or hopelessness. This is simply the situation--no matter how unfortunate--and we need to face it and get on with the business of bringing about fundamental change in our society. On the other hand we should not simply sit about idly theorizing or smiling at the devastation of human beings in our society and around the world. Something must be done. We must rescue America from its destroyers!
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