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The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America [Audiobook]

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The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America [Audiobook]

The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B082YGWK8Y | September 15, 2020 | 5 hrs and 39 mins | MP3@64 kbps | 155 MB
Ellis Cose (Author), Korey Jackson (Narrator)


The critically acclaimed journalist and best-selling author of The Rage of a Privileged Class explores one of the most essential rights in America - free speech - and reveals how it is crumbling under the combined weight of polarization, technology, money, and systematized lying in this concise yet powerful and timely book.

Named one of Newsweek’s "25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape the Chaos of 2020"

Free speech has long been one of American's most revered freedoms. Yet now, more than ever, free speech is reshaping America’s social and political landscape even as it is coming under attack. Best-selling author and critically acclaimed journalist Ellis Cose wades into the debate to reveal how this Constitutional right has been co-opted by the wealthy and politically corrupt.

It is no coincidence that historically huge disparities in income have occurred at times when moneyed interests increasingly control political dialogue. Over the past four years, Donald Trump’s accusations of “fake news”, the free use of negative language against minority groups, “cancel culture”, and blatant xenophobia have caused Americans to question how far First Amendment protections can - and should - go.

Cose offers an eye-opening wholly original examination of the state of free speech in America today, litigating ideas that touch on every American’s life. Social media, meant to bring us closer, has become a widespread disseminator of false information keeping people of differing opinions and political parties at odds. The nation - and world - watches in shock as white nationalism rises, race and gender-based violence spreads, and voter suppression widens.