Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First CenturyMacmillan, 1999 M10 15 - 384 pages Here, in this landmark personal work, Gerry demonstrates how, despite the democratic rhetoric we hear and believe, we have become enslaved. All of us are trapped by a complex web of corporate and governmental behemoths he calls the "New Slave Master" That today controls our airways, educates our children, and manages every facet of our lives. |
Contents
Overture | 3 |
Man the Enslaving Mammal | 20 |
Recognizing the New American Slave | 31 |
Women in Chains | 40 |
Arguments for Slavery | 47 |
The Enslaving Myth of Prosperity | 55 |
The New Slave Master | 74 |
The Slaves Revolt | 92 |
Muting the Monster | 243 |
The Theft of Our Voice | 245 |
Twenty Childish Questions to the Master | 254 |
Advertising the Criminal Record of Corporate Offenders | 256 |
Pancake Democracy | 260 |
Founding Fathers for the Twentyfirst Century | 261 |
Pancake Democracy | 264 |
The Peoples New Senate | 268 |
Overture | 113 |
The Slave Within | 120 |
Freeing the Spirit Releasing the Soul | 132 |
The Religion of Work | 140 |
The Power of Aloneness | 149 |
Black and White Together | 167 |
Security the OneWay Ticket to Slavery | 173 |
Success Redefined | 184 |
Overture | 203 |
The Myth of Democracy | 209 |
Criminalizing Campaign Contributions | 223 |
An Oxymoron | 224 |
The Election Lottery | 225 |
Return to LincolnDouglasStyle Debates | 227 |
The Benevolent Dictator | 229 |
Tribal Chieftains | 231 |
A Propaganda for People Not Things | 241 |
Contents of Dreams Dream 16 Coming Home with Power | 269 |
Life Under the New Pancake Government | 271 |
Creating the Corporate Conscience | 274 |
The New Responsible Corporation | 281 |
Three Strikes and Youre Out | 283 |
Death for the Killers | 285 |
Decentralization Not Annihilation | 288 |
Locking the Revolving Door | 289 |
The Death of Our Warriors | 291 |
New Warriors for the People | 303 |
Judges the Masters Henchmen | 308 |
Judges for the People | 325 |
Free at Last | 328 |
The Dream of Dreams | 336 |
Notes | 343 |
Acknowlegments | 357 |
About the Author 367 | |