The Four Freedoms Under Siege - 9781597972178

The Four Freedoms Under SiegeThe Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State\nAuthor(s): Marcus G. Raskin, Robert Spero, Barbara Ehrenreich\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781597972178, 978-1597972178\nSynopsis\nFDRs Four Freedoms-Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear-were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s.\n\n The ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But since the late 1970s and early 1980s, these freedoms h.