| #2168050 in Books | Beacon Press | 2009-05-01 | 2009-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .72 x5.92 x8.78l,.70 | File type: PDF | 160 pages | ||32 of 34 people found the following review helpful.| 49 Year ACLU Member Likes This Book|By Laird M. Wilcox|I first joined the ACLU in 1960 as a college student and have been a member 90% of the time since then. Nevertheless, the organization has wandered from its principled early devotion to freedom of expression, due process and the rights of individuals.
To some extent the group has been taken over by its clients|From Publishers Weekly|Kaminer (Free for All) weighs in on her disillusionment with the ACLU after serving on the national board in post-9/11 America. She contends that under the stewardship of Anthony Romero, who stepped into the executive director posit
When an organization committed to free speech succumbs to pressure to suppress internal criticism and disregard or "spin" the truth, it offers important lessons for other associations, corporations, and governments. Wendy Kaminer, a renowned advocate of civil liberties, calls on her experience as a dissident member of the American Civil Liberties Union national board to tell an inside story of dramatic ethical decline that has much to teach us about the land mines of gro...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU | Wendy Kaminer. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
