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| What is "America"? Not a Country, a State of Mind | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Freedom Is Intended as a Challenge | |
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| Fake Patriotism | |
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| Fake Democracy | |
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| Core Values | |
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| We Are Required to Speak Freely | |
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| We Have a Duty to Rebel Continually Against Injustice and Oppression | |
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| Ordinary People Are Supposed to Run Things | |
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| Americans Cherish the Rule of Law | |
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| America Establishes No God | |
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| Americans Deliberate with Their Neighbors; We Disagree Without Violence | |
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| Liberty is Universal: America Cannot Maintain an Oppressive Empire | |
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| A New American Revolution | |
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| America: The User's Guide | |
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| Driving Change | |
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| "Democracy Commandos" | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Speech | |
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| How to Petition | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| How to Play Hardball Once You Have Petitioned | |
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| Become the Media Yourself | |
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| How to Write a Press Release | |
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| Create the Debate Yourself | |
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| Help Frame the News Coverage | |
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| How to Leak to an Investigative Reporter | |
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| How to Pitch a Feature Piece | |
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| Radio | |
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| TV | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Produce New Media | |
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| How to Create a Blog | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| How to Create a Web Video | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Protest | |
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| How to Drive a Boycott | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| How to Take to the Streets | |
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| Staging a Protest | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| How to be Safe as You Protest | |
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| Arrest | |
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| The Permit System | |
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| How to Speak in Any Public Context | |
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| Deliberate, Community-Build, and Organize | |
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| How to Start a Political Movement | |
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| Direct-Action Activism | |
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| Starting Your Own Political Movement | |
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| Organize a Town Hall Meeting | |
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| How to Run a Meeting | |
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| Deliberate with Your Neighbors | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Become the Leaders of America | |
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| How to Start a Nonprofit Organization | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| How to Fund-raise | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Rule of Law: Create or Change Laws Yourself | |
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| Initiatives and Referenda | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Make Every Vote Count | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Organize a National Hearing | |
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| Expose Government Secrecy: A Guide to Getting Government Files | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Dismantle an Oppressive Empire: Remake U.S. Foreign Policy | |
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| How to Promote Democracy Overseas through Investment | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Understand How Your System Works | |
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| Overview | |
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| What is the Electoral College? | |
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| User's Guide to the Constitution and Bill of Rights | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Wish List for the Future | |
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| Direct Democracy | |
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| Voting | |
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| A Twelve-Step Program to Save U.S. Democracy | |
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| Additional Wish List Items | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |