Political History

Are you ready to wake up? Webs of Power succeeds in drawing from government documents, whistleblower testimony, and great patriot authors. It will give you the fundamentals fro any political debate.

It is very curious that much of the history of the United States in the Forties and Fifties of the last century has vanished from the general memory.

Simplicity of life being a condition of spiritual perfection, we may look forward to an Era of Civilization in the Future, greatly superior to all the civilizations of the Past, if only we accept simplicity of life as the best method of living.

THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.

Noam Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Chomsky develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor.