The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot  
Author(s) Naomi Wolf
Language English
Publication date 2007
Media type Print
Pages pp. 192
ISBN 978-1933392790

The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot is one of the more recent books released by author Naomi Wolf. Referenced in April 2007 in her Guardian article titled Fascist America in Ten Steps[1], The End of America argued that events of the previous six years paralleled steps taken in the early years of the twentieth century's worst dictatorships and called Americans to take action to restore their constitutional values before they suffer the same fate.[2] The book illustrated ten common steps which Wolf stated could be witnessed in the transitions of open societies into closed regimes.[3] The book was published in September 2007 by Chelsea Green Publishing of White River Junction, Vermont.

IndiePix Films produced a documentary of the same name based on the book. The film was released on DVD and online in October 2008.[4]

Contents

The ten steps

  1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
  2. Create secret prisons where torture takes place.
  3. Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens.
  4. Set up an internal surveillance system.
  5. Harass citizens' groups.
  6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
  7. Target key individuals.
  8. Control the press.
  9. Treat all political dissidents as traitors.
  10. Suspend the rule of law.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fascist America in Ten Steps
  2. ^ Coultan, Mark (October 6, 2007). "Who's afraid of Naomi Wolf?". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/whos-afraid-of-naomi-wolf/2007/10/05/1191091363953.html. 
  3. ^ "“The End of America”: Feminist Social Critic Naomi Wolf Warns US in Slow Descent into Fascism". Democracy Now!. November 28, 2007. http://www.democracynow.org/2007/11/28/the_end_of_america_feminist_social. 
  4. ^ Holden, Stephen (December 3, 2008). "When Laws and Liberties Test Each Other's Limits". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/movies/03end.html. 
  5. ^ Wolf, Naomi (May 3, 2007). "Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps". Scoop. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00096.htm. 

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