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As we approach the elections of 2004, U.S. progressives are faced with the challenge of how to confront our unresponsive and apparently untouchable power structures. With millions of antiwar demonstrators glibly dismissed as a focus group, and with the collapse of political and intellectual dialogue into slogans and soundbites used to stifle protest- Support the Troops, We Are the Greatest Nation on Earth, etc.-many people feel cynical and hopeless. Citizens of the Empire probes into the sense of disempowerment that has resulted from the Left's inability to halt the violent and repressive course of post-9/11 U.S. policy. In this passionate and personal exploration of what it means to be a citizen of the world's most powerful, affluent and militarized nation in an era of imperial expansion, Jensen offers a potent antidote to despair over the future of democracy. In a plainspoken analysis of the dominant political rhetoric-which is intentionally crafted to depress political discourse and activism-Jensen reveals the contradictions and falsehoods of prevailing myths, using common-sense analogies that provide the reader with a clear-thinking rebuttal and a way to move forward with progressive political work and discussions. With an ethical framework that integrates political, intellectual and emotional responses to the disheartening events of the past two years, Jensen examines the ways in which society has been led to this point and offers renewed hope for constructive engagement. Robert Jensen is a professor of media law, ethics and politics at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream, among other books. He also writes for popular media, and his opinion and analytical pieces on foreign policy, politics and race have appeared in papers and magazines throughout the United States.

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Robert Jensen
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Citizens of the Empire: the Struggle to Claim Our Humanity
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2004
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IF we are citizens of the most rich and powerful country that has ever existed- and what american could ever deny that, then we need to accept that we are citizens of an Empire. Robert Jensen explains just what that means with some very easy statements like "empires are never benevolent". He compares the wrong-doings of empires like Germany and how they manipulate populations to accept aggressive behaviors (Yes they do!) and how to stay smarter and more critical. In answer to the accusation of 'why so critical of US all the time?' the answer is, more pointedly, if there is culpability of bad behavior, when our country is TOO aggressive, TOO greedy, TOO violent, why can't U.S. apologists even see it? Blind patriotism? It's all in the subtitle: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity".
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