Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

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Macmillan, 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.

Yet, far from being a pronouncement of gloom, Give Me Liberty! is an inspiring and visionary work. In the spirit of his bestselling How to Argue and Win Every Time, Spence expounds on his philosophy, thus empowering us to:

Liberate the slave within, redefine success, unchain the spirit, escape the religions of work and beliefs that enslave us, free ourselves with what he calls our "magical weapon."

Like Thomas Paine's Common Sense, Give Me Liberty! captures the underlying malaise of a country, transforming it into a national dialogue that promises a groundswell for a meaningful democracy in America in the coming years.

 

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

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About the author (1999)

Gerry Spence was born in Wyoming on January 8, 1929. He graduated from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1952. He never lost a criminal case and has not lost a civil case since 1969. After he evaluated what was important to him, he founded Trial Lawyer's College, which trains young lawyers to beat corporate bigshots in the courtroom. He also founded Lawyers and Advocates for Wyoming, which specializes in public interest cases. He has written more than 15 books including Gunning for Justice, With Justice for None, From Freedom to Slavery, How to Argue and Win Every Time, The Making of a Country Lawyer, O.J.: The Last Word, A Boy's Summer, Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power, and Police State: How America's Cops Get Away with Murder. He also wrote Gerry Spence's Wyoming: The Landscape and the novel Half-Moon and Empty Stars.

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