Freedom: August 2004 Archives

By David Usborne in New York
21 August 2004

PROUT Editor's note: The article below reflects the horrendous erosion of fundamental freedoms which have taken place in the US since Bush came to power. It is clear proof that the US government has become a fascist police state. However, it is taking a long time for the average Americans to understand what has happened to their country.

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The right of journalists in the United States to withhold the identity of their sources has come under unprecedented assault, with reporters from several of the country's most prestigious news organisations now under threat of jail and punitive fines from judges and the Justice Department.

By Shrii P. R. Sarkar

With the changes of the social cycle, the human society has developed several social institutions to carry out its duties and responsibilities. The state is one such vital institution, which organizes a group of people in a certain area of land, rules them, promotes their welfare and oversees their good. This institution is powerful because it also enjoys sovereign power.

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

A society may be described as the collection of numerous parallel psychic waves which originate due to the psychic tendency of moving together in unison. The glory of human society lies in the formation of a universal collective structure inspired by exalted ideas.