ABSTRACT
The American system of power is in crisis. And that crisis is apparent in all spheres of our economic and political lives. The American Constitution established the right to individual private property and assigned to the state the responsibility of safeguarding that right. The most frequently mentioned civil and political rights in American debate are the right to life, the right to freedom of organization, and the right of expression of opinion. The chapter aims to show how the control of the process of work by the few, and the overwhelming influence that they have over the organs of the state, seriously and even dramatically impairs the civil rights of the many. The civil and political rights to vote and choose among political alternatives, for example, are dramatically reduced by the limited alternatives available to the population as a result of big business’ control over the media and dominance over the organs of the state.
