Toward an American Revolution: Exposing the Constitution and Other IllusionsSouth End Press, 1988 - 251 էջ In simple direct language, Jerry Fresia reveals the true intent of our "Founding Fathers" who designed the Constitution to protect their property and ensure that the poorer majority would have no real voice in political affairs. Fresia reveals the Founders' fears of "too much" democracy, why the Constitution was opposed by most Americans, and how its ratification was gained through deception and physical coercion. Toward an American Revolution shows how the illegal wars, domestic repression, and economic inequity of late twentieth century America are not incongruous with our Constitutional design. Book jacket. |
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... Common people were not taking this abuse sitting down . During the last quarter of the seventeenth century , militant confrontations brought down the established governments of Massachusetts , New York , Maryland , Virginia , and North ...
... Common people were not taking this abuse sitting down . During the last quarter of the seventeenth century , militant confrontations brought down the established governments of Massachusetts , New York , Maryland , Virginia , and North ...
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... common people had alarmed the Framers . Stated a Pen- nsylvania newspaper in 1772 , it was " time the Tradesmen were check- ed . They take too much upon them . They ought not to intermeddle in State Affairs . They ought to be kept low ...
... common people had alarmed the Framers . Stated a Pen- nsylvania newspaper in 1772 , it was " time the Tradesmen were check- ed . They take too much upon them . They ought not to intermeddle in State Affairs . They ought to be kept low ...
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... common people to work their way through the legislature was far greater than the poten- tial tyranny of the President . When asked how a system so inefficient could make any progress , Gouverneur Morris appears to have placed his faith ...
... common people to work their way through the legislature was far greater than the poten- tial tyranny of the President . When asked how a system so inefficient could make any progress , Gouverneur Morris appears to have placed his faith ...
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Resurrection of an Imperial System | 47 |
A System of Injustice | 71 |
The Constitution and Secret Government | 97 |
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