Citizens for Legitimate Government, Political Education

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is a multi-partisan activist group established to expose the Bush coup d'etat, and to oppose the Bush occupation in all of its manifestations.

Political Education

Introduction: Political Education for our Times by Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.

General Introductions

Political Philosophy in a Nutshell By Gregory Berry-- a short history of important political thought from the Ancients through Marxism

Enlightenment Thinkers

U.S. Political Documents

Declaration of Independence, Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776
The United States Constitution, 17 September 1787

Liberalism

Basic Principles of Liberalism and Liberal Democracy
On Liberty --By John Stuart Mill, 1859
The Liberal Agenda for the 21st Century: The quality of liberty in open civic societies (The Liberal Manifesto, adopted by the 48th Congress of Liberal International on 27-30 November 1997 in The Town Hall in Oxford, UK)

Utopians and Socialists

Marxism

The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 1 By Nick Beams 19 Dec 2008
The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 2 By Nick Beams 20 Dec 2008
The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 3 By Nick Beams 22 Dec 2008
The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 4 By Nick Beams 23 Dec 2008
The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 5 By Nick Beams 24 Dec 2008

The revolutionary implications of the decline of American capitalism--Part 1 By Barry Grey 13 Oct 2008 WSWS National Editor Barry Grey delivered the following report to the Founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party on August 9, 2008. (See "Socialist Equality Party holds founding Congress.") The WSWS had published two documents adopted by the Congress: "The Socialist Equality Party Statement of Principles" and the "Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party."
The Communist Manifesto --By Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848
On the Jewish Question (Part One) by Karl Marx, written autumn 1843 --published February 1844
Introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right Karl Marx in Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher, February, 1844
The Condition of the Working Class in England --By Frederick Engels, Written September 1844 to March 1845; Published inLeipzig in 1845
On Terrorism: Reprint From Combat --Journal of the Communist League, March 1975
Dialectical Materialism and the Fate of Humanity --By C L R James, 1947
Why Marxists oppose Individual Terrorism --By Leon Trotsky, 1909
What is to be Done? --By Vladimir I. Lenin, 1902
Frankfurt School of Marxist Theory
One Dimensional Man --By Herbert Marcuse
The New Left and the 1960s --Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Vol. 3 --introduction by Douglas Kellner, ed. (.pdf)
The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception (from Dialectic of Enlightenment, New York: Continuum, 1993. Originally published as Dialektik der Aufklarung, 1944) --by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer

Civil Rights, American Student and Anti-Vietnam War

The Ballot or the Bullet --By Malcolm X, 3 April 1964
Useful links for the Sixties --constructed by Lori Price, TA for Michael Rectenwald's class, "Radicalism and Reaction" at Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2003

Political and Social History

Abortion in American History --By Katha Pollitt "What was the point, then, of making abortion a crime? Reagan argues that its main effect was to expose and humiliate women caught in raids on abortion clinics or brought to the hospital with abortion complications, and thereby send a message to all women about the possible consequences of flouting official gender norms. . . In 1902 the editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association endorsed the by then common policy of denying a woman suffering from abortion complications medical care until she "confessed" -- a practice that, Reagan shows, kept women from seeking timely treatment, sometimes with fatal results. In the late 1920s some 15,000 women a year died from abortions." Always historicize!!!
The Criminal "High Cabal" --The Reign of Lawlessness --By Norman Livergood

The New Pro-Democracy Movement

Total Recall (of our rights), And What Is To Be Done! --By Michael Rectenwald, 8 October 2003 "The country is under siege. With the recent accession of California into rightwing territory by means of the purchase of the governorship, we are now nearly the completion of the project of a 'Total Recall'--a total recall of the rights of citizens to government of, by and for the people."
Arming the Left: Is the time now? --By Charles Southwell, 21 October 2003
CLG's strategy in case of stolen elections: Part 1, The Ballot, The Bullet, and the Grand Refusal --By Michael Rectenwald, CLG Founder and Chair 13 July 2004 "...[A] postponed election, or the playing the fear factor for low voter turnout, are acts of terrorism in themselves. We are already being attacked. This warning is yet another in a series of attacks on our rights, on our democratic system, on our freedom, and on our self-determination."
CLG's strategy in case of stolen elections: Part 2, The Revolution Will Be Webcast! --by Michael Rectenwald, CLG Founder and Chair 21 July 2004 "What are the TRIGGERS, what 'election' events will trigger the Grand Refusal? The following list is by no means exhaustive. The Bush regime may very well alter their approach to stealing the election this time. But, this is a list that will guide us... The Real Revolution was against the people and the Constitution and took place in 2000 and continues to this day."
Writings of CLG Founder and Chair, Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.
Writings of CLG Managing Editor, Lori Price

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Citizens For Legitimate Government™ is a multi-partisan activist group established to expose the Bush coup d'etat, and to oppose the Bush occupation in all of its manifestations.
	Political Education Introduction: Political Education for our Times by Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. General Introductions Political Philosophy in a Nutshell By Gregory Berry-- a short history of important political thought from the Ancients through Marxism Enlightenment Thinkers U.S. Political Documents Declaration of Independence, Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776 The United States Constitution, 17 September 1787 Liberalism Basic Principles of Liberalism and Liberal Democracy On Liberty --By John Stuart Mill, 1859 The Liberal Agenda for the 21st Century: The quality of liberty in open civic societies (The Liberal Manifesto, adopted by the 48th Congress of Liberal International on 27-30 November 1997 in The Town Hall in Oxford, UK) Utopians and Socialists Marxism The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 1 By Nick Beams 19 Dec 2008 The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 2 By Nick Beams 20 Dec 2008 The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 3 By Nick Beams 22 Dec 2008 The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 4 By Nick Beams 23 Dec 2008 The World Economic Crisis: A Marxist Analysis Part 5 By Nick Beams 24 Dec 2008 The revolutionary implications of the decline of American capitalism--Part 1 By Barry Grey 13 Oct 2008 WSWS National Editor Barry Grey delivered the following report to the Founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party on August 9, 2008. (See "Socialist Equality Party holds founding Congress.") The WSWS had published two documents adopted by the Congress: "The Socialist Equality Party Statement of Principles" and the "Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party." The Communist Manifesto --By Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848 On the Jewish Question (Part One) by Karl Marx, written autumn 1843 --published February 1844 Introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right Karl Marx in Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher, February, 1844 The Condition of the Working Class in England --By Frederick Engels, Written September 1844 to March 1845; Published inLeipzig in 1845 On Terrorism: Reprint From Combat --Journal of the Communist League, March 1975 Dialectical Materialism and the Fate of Humanity --By C L R James, 1947 Why Marxists oppose Individual Terrorism --By Leon Trotsky, 1909 What is to be Done? --By Vladimir I. Lenin, 1902 Frankfurt School of Marxist Theory One Dimensional Man --By Herbert Marcuse The New Left and the 1960s --Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Vol. 3 --introduction by Douglas Kellner, ed. (.pdf) The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception (from Dialectic of Enlightenment, New York: Continuum, 1993. Originally published as Dialektik der Aufklarung, 1944) --by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer Civil Rights, American Student and Anti-Vietnam War The Ballot or the Bullet --By Malcolm X, 3 April 1964 Useful links for the Sixties --constructed by Lori Price, TA for Michael Rectenwald's class, "Radicalism and Reaction" at Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2003 Political and Social History Abortion in American History --By Katha Pollitt "What was the point, then, of making abortion a crime? Reagan argues that its main effect was to expose and humiliate women caught in raids on abortion clinics or brought to the hospital with abortion complications, and thereby send a message to all women about the possible consequences of flouting official gender norms. . . In 1902 the editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association endorsed the by then common policy of denying a woman suffering from abortion complications medical care until she "confessed" -- a practice that, Reagan shows, kept women from seeking timely treatment, sometimes with fatal results. In the late 1920s some 15,000 women a year died from abortions." Always historicize!!! The Criminal "High Cabal" --The Reign of Lawlessness --By Norman Livergood The New Pro-Democracy Movement Total Recall (of our rights), And What Is To Be Done! --By Michael Rectenwald, 8 October 2003 "The country is under siege. With the recent accession of California into rightwing territory by means of the purchase of the governorship, we are now nearly the completion of the project of a 'Total Recall'--a total recall of the rights of citizens to government of, by and for the people." Arming the Left: Is the time now? --By Charles Southwell, 21 October 2003 CLG's strategy in case of stolen elections: Part 1, The Ballot, The Bullet, and the Grand Refusal --By Michael Rectenwald, CLG Founder and Chair 13 July 2004 "...[A] postponed election, or the playing the fear factor for low voter turnout, are acts of terrorism in themselves. We are already being attacked. This warning is yet another in a series of attacks on our rights, on our democratic system, on our freedom, and on our self-determination." CLG's strategy in case of stolen elections: Part 2, The Revolution Will Be Webcast! --by Michael Rectenwald, CLG Founder and Chair 21 July 2004 "What are the TRIGGERS, what 'election' events will trigger the Grand Refusal? The following list is by no means exhaustive. The Bush regime may very well alter their approach to stealing the election this time. But, this is a list that will guide us... The Real Revolution was against the people and the Constitution and took place in 2000 and continues to this day." Writings of CLG Founder and Chair, Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. Writings of CLG Managing Editor, Lori Price CLG Index



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