100 Days to restore the constitution

100 Days to Restore the Constitution
http://ccrjustice.org/100days
Over the last eight years, the Bush administration has systematically dismantled some of the most important rights and protections in the United States Constitution. In the first 100 days of office, the next president can, often with the stroke of a pen, restore, protect, and expand the fundamental rights on which our nation was founded. It is up to all of us to see that he does. The Center for Constitutional Rights' 100 Days Campaign focuses on the harm done by previous administrations and the hopes we have for making the country a better place for all. Join us in telling the next administration what you want to see in the first 100 days. Look for a series of white papers, videos, speaking tours and online activism that will bring these issues front and center in the public debate. CLIP Check also Watch CCR in Naomi Wolf film, THE END OF AMERICA We are excited to announce the web release of "THE END OF AMERICA" - a feature-length documentary based on Naomi Wolf's bestselling book of the same name - this coming Tuesday, October 21. (...) Naomi Wolf, a long-time supporter and ally of CCR, set out on a national tour over the past year to discuss the evolution of America from a functional democracy into a closed, fear-driven society with a terrifying absence of due process. She lays out what she calls the 10 steps necessary to end a democracy and shows us just how close we are to completing them: - Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy. - Create secret prisons where torture takes place. - Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens. - Set up an internal surveillance system. - Harass citizens' groups. - Engage in arbitrary detention and release. - Target key individuals. - Control the press. - Treat all political dissents as traitors. - Suspend the rule of law. In her film, Naomi Wolf makes a plea for Americans to stand up and fight for our most cherished rights. CLIP

Dear Conservatives, Will You Help Save the Republic from Military Takeover? By Naomi Wolf, (October 18, 2008)
http://www.alternet.org/rights/103554/dear_conservatives%2C_will_you_help_save_the_republic_from_military_takeover/
Dear Conservative America: I am reaching out with a warning to you that is as heartfelt as the one I have been bringing my fellow citizens for months. But you are the most important audience of all for this, because you hold the key to whether or not we can save our republic in time.I have been arguing that we are seeing the classic building blocks being laid for a police state: My thesis in The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot is that we are seeing the classic 10 steps being set in place that always underlie a violent police state. My argument in its sequel, Give Me Liberty, is that we must rise up as tactically and effectively as patriots to stop this suppression of freedom.I hope to persuade you of the profound moral repugnance a true conservative should feel for the plans that are afoot in this nation. CLIP