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Source: Guardian (UK)

Roundup

1-14-09

Naomi Wolf on The End of America [video 7 min 03 sec]

Naomi Wolf's polemical book was last year made into a stark documentary about the erosion of civil rights in America and the parallels with 20th-century fascism. The DVD is released on 19 January, the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration

Read entire article at Guardian (UK)