Talk by Naomi Wolf author of “The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot” given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus.
Downloadable audio mp3 of this talk can be found at http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=25782
Interview with Naomi Wolf discussing “The End of America” available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=aW9PulYpjGs
Duration : 0:47:46
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The ideologies were …
The ideologies were a cover for power-madness and the profit motive. Our present leadership doesn’t even bother with the “niceties” of ideologies.
It doesn’t invalidate the main themes of her talk. She’s right on about what’s happening and that it’s the job of all of us to set things right.
Naomi Wolf is wrong …
Naomi Wolf is wrong about there being “democracy” in Germany.
Right after WW1 and right before Hitler Germany was an Oligarchy, not a democracy – very similar to third world countries in South America. This oligarchy created the worst economic depresion in the history of man! The people, desprate, elected the rise of Hitler. Hitler did impose a police state but only persicuted the ethnic Jews. He did not harm ethnic Germans in fact he saved the economy, suprisingly.
It is sad that she …
It is sad that she comes close but misses the point. If she thinks that this whole process began or ends with any leader she is forgetting what she herself said about “and by the way this is driven by a profit motive, you know, America isn’t driven by ideologies like Germany or Italy were…(27:28-27:35)”. If this problem is one of our leadership then why do we see this type of behavior clear back in 1917.
if they feel enough …
if they feel enough pressure from people the dems might do it.
Thank you for …
Thank you for sharing this. I am enthralled.
Thanks for sharing! …
Thanks for sharing! I actually want to read the book now. I read The Beauty Myth by her and had no idea that her emphasis now is politics. Great review. I thought I had no time to listen but I just listened now at my desk!
Finally someone …
Finally someone explaining
“they did this in Germany”!
Read the old newspapers!
With all the modern communication (hundreds tv stations!”)
The only way of communcation/gathering is Internet! America needs a real TV station!
tjv55, That is what …
tjv55, That is what the Bush administration wants you to think. They make him appear stupid so that you think he can’t carry out such an evil plan.
Her Bush …
Her Bush comparisons to fascists don’t fit to me. He’s just playing to his cronies and misguided like most politicians. Has no diplomatic skills whatsoever. Not capable of implementing a master plan. The ‘Bush Doctrine’ ends soon. Let’s bounce back and move on. North Korea’s the one repeating facist history.
Very true Citizen. …
Very true Citizen. That FEMA deal was as blatant as it gets allright. You forgot fear.
THE REPUBLICANS …
THE REPUBLICANS tried. BUT democrats were more interested in PARTY than in JUSTICE. CLINTON was able to take credit for everything, when he did nothing but FUND RAISE FOR CHINESE FUNNY MONEY.
Most Americans have …
Most Americans have no clue of what is happening. They are too busy with working, taking care of their families, etc. Then they flip on TV to ingest mindless reality garbage or propaganda masked as “news” — the recent fake FEMA press conference was a blatant example — the rest is more covert.
Also, some people simply don’t care and they won’t know what they had until it is gone. It’s happenly slowly and insidiously as not to have people notice.
Regardless of who’s …
Regardless of who’s in office, do we seriously expect the establishment to impeach one of their own anymore?
Kinda like those who called on the Nazis to stand up to Hitler…
have you even …
have you even watched the video or read the book !
an administration only has 8 years at most to do very little change! so pay attention
“Rarely do we find …
“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think”
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by good people”
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it”
MLK
hillary will save …
hillary will save america…
yeah right. she’s every bit a power-drunk neo-conservative war monger that bush/cheney are.
the United States of America is dead folks. its not coming back.
eh.. yes, the way …
eh.. yes, the way to kill a democracy is outright violence b/c people who are used to democracy expect a fair fight.
cool vid
cool vid
The US is going …
The US is going through a down-turn that’s all. A new administration will turn things around . The American people will demand change. People need to stop talking like it’s the end of the world or something.
Isn’t it ironic …
Isn’t it ironic that Ms. Wolf is uses Step 1 so expertly: Scare them to death about the terrifying internal threat (in this case the current administration) in order to attack the opposing ideology. This shows that fear is an equal opportunity propaganda tool. Fascism? Just wait until the left is back in power — and watch how many executive powers _they_ relinquish.
What a great talk. …
What a great talk. She really hits it home, except for Guliani being the next bad guy. It has been clear for years that Hillary is the next person to continue down this path. Actually, any front runner is bad. The only 3 candidates who won’t sell the constitution down the river are Ron Paul, Chris Dodd and Kucinich. Hillary has the most money from the military industrial complex by far.
great presentation, …
great presentation, i am buying your book asap to learn more
did you also mention how hitler used the reichstag fire, which as staged by the SS to enflame the fear of ‘communists’ and that crazy communist van der lubbe was executed in a show trial.
think 9/11. it’s not that crazy, we have a chance to stop fascism in this country, only if we would open our minds and not call patriots crazy
Did you Love it or …
Did you Love it or Leave it?
A political party …
A political party must be built – build the Socialist Equality Party