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  • Facing the Beast

  • Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age
  • By: Naomi Wolf
  • Narrated by: Carolyn White
  • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (140 ratings)

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Facing the Beast

By: Naomi Wolf
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From New York Times bestselling author Naomi Wolf, Facing the Beast is a devastating, detailed account of wrongthink, deplatforming, and an unexpected political, personal, and spiritual transformation that followed during one of the most divisive times in American history.

In this uncompromising investigation into today’s most urgent issues, Naomi Wolf uses her own wildly politicized pilgrimage—from New York Times bestselling author and high-level Democratic consultant to a journalist cast out from the elite political and social circles she once moved through—as a stunning narrative framework that is both chilling and incisive.

Wolf’s sin? Doing the job that good journalists once prided themselves on: asking questions, challenging authority, and, during one of the most politically divisive moments in modern history, exposing the many failures of the public health response during the COVID-19 pandemic by chronicling the dangerous descent of our democracy into tyranny, censorship, and totalitarianism.

Unable to remain silent in the shadows and unwilling to collude with the mainstream, Wolf bravely covers topics that few other writers dare to address critically for fear of being deplatformed. Facing the Beast explores reproductive rights, medical freedom, the uncurious thought-policing of the “progressive” left, the Second Amendment, the criminal relationship between the FDA and Pfizer—Wolf’s clear writing repeatedly shines light in the dark corners of our fractured society.

A decades-long champion of free speech, freedom of the press, and the Constitution, Wolf found herself not only in the midst of a political rebirth but a spiritual transformation as well—one in which the events of the day could only be described in terms of good, evil, and a metaphysical quest on the nature of reality.

For fans of Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, and Bari Weiss, Facing the Beast is a fearless indictment of legacy media and the political class, as well as a brutal reminder that searching for and defending the truth can be dangerous.

©2023 Naomi Wolf (P)2023 Chelsea Green Publishing Company
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A must read

I enjoyed her take on what had happened to the country. I appreciated the chapter in the Pfizer documents. I wish I could put at least that chapter in front of every American so they could see how we were all duped!!!

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Excellent!

Thank you for having the courage and faith to stand your ground during that past 4 years and share your story.

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Accurate coverage on the pandemic of totalitarianism.

I really liked the factual overview of the medical and governance crimes commited, which is still something most of the populus isn't vaguely aware of (for a number of reasons, including self-protection).

Very sharply written and the comparison with Nazi Germany '30-'33 is spot on. I totally agree with her conclusion that a society can't really heal, improve and move on, before some kind of accountability and justice has prevailed. Overal the book resonated very deeply with my experience, except for the mystical parts described in the final chapters.

As to her gradual move from "the left" to "the right" and her grand awakening... I can totally concur. I have made the same, inevitable "shift" after I discovered all the lies, manipulation and moralizing of legacy media and its pundits, although I think the society made a shift and I more or less remained the same, loyal to my values and principles.

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Good but buries the lede

If you are clued in enough to want to read the book, the first 4 hours are not going to be new information for you. The interesting information comes from the Pfizer documents chapter onwards. That stuff is stunning.

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The Elitist Devil lives among us - Beware America

Do not read this book at your own risk, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

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An amazing account of the worldwide COVID debacle

I was glued to my iPhone listening to this book being so eloquently read. I’m grateful this book has been written and published and I pray many will read it and learn. I’m praying for our nation and the world, that we will become wiser, more understanding, loving and compassionate m, with God’s help. Oh how we need His help. Thank you Naomi Wolf!

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Ethical.. Very thoughtful and insightful!

Very good understanding of how we each can be much more positive (in the US and the world,) just by being a genuine person, 

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great read. beautifully written

searching for truth in the midst of lies is a sad and times tragic. thanks for story of a soul looking deeply for truth

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Her willingness

Naomi Wolf has the wisdom to discern the truth from the media and government talking points… definitely worth the read/listen

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Great information on the Covid narrative!

Loved the information on the Covid pandemic and the immunization of millions! But the spiritual side was good but not from a total biblical worldview. Still would recommend the book just know the spiritual side and understand it well.

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