Freedom House is a U.S.-basednon-governmental organization (NGO) that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights.
Freedom House was founded in October 1941, and Wendell Willkie and Eleanor Roosevelt served as its first honorary chairpersons. It describes itself as a "clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world". As of 2010, US federal government grants accounted for most of Freedom House's funding.
The organization’s annual Freedom in the World report, which assesses each country’s degree of political freedoms and civil liberties, is frequently cited by political scientists, journalists, and policy-makers. Freedom of the Press and Freedom of the Net, which monitor censorship, intimidation and violence against journalists, and public access to information, are among its other signature reports.
While widely regarded as a reliable source, in the past some critics have accused Freedom House’s reports of bias or of promoting U.S. government interests abroad. However, systematic evaluations have found them to align closely with freedom indices from other sources.
Home of the braves, land of the free,
Where "freedom of choice" just means coke or Pepsi...
But I'm not buying it.
They say if you're not working
You're just wasting away,
"Employment gaps look bad on your resume"...
But I'm not buying, I'm not buying,
I'm not buying their incentives, their lies,
Their empty promises -- just chains in disguise
-- while we let them steal away our very lives!
Tell me why there's still a 40 hour work week
While unemployment's on the rise?
Why do we keep overproducing
But still it's hard just to survive?
Why does "surplus" food rot
While hungry people die?
We're stripped of human dignity,
Forced to live in poverty,
Cuz in this land of the free
Our "freedom" is all fake.
We're wage slaves to the company,
Land slaves to the property,
And tax slaves to the economy
Of the capitalist state!
It's illegal to squat or live on the street,
But rent is extortion when you have to pay to sleep...
But I'm not buying it. .
We're just endentured servants
Living on the master's land,
Serfs trying to buy back
Our freedom on the lay-away plan...
Freedom is
What you make of it
Freedom is
What you take from it
Met a man
Met a man
Walking the road of life
Freedom was the way we lived life
Freedom was the way we came
Freedom was the way we lived it
Freedom is the love we made
Freedom is the way we give life
Freedom is like kids playing
freedom took my breath away, breath away
Breath away
Soldiers walking
Marking time
Mama cries
Dady dies
If you wanna know
If you wanna know
If you wanna know what we can do
Try to live your life
That's nothing new
If you wanna know what we can say
Then just pry everyday
Lord I'm asking
Freedom, freedom, freedom, free
It's just that slightest
That slightest touch of life
When you want to reach out
And you want to be free
Verse
Tomorrow starts today, I am free from my past,
Free from the pain of yesterday,
You turned my world around,
Now a new day is dawning,
Destiny waits, I’ve found my place,
Your grace has shown me what I’m living for,
Chorus
Freedom is, Life with a purpose to save,
Freedom is, changing the world You made,
Freedom is, knowing You Jesus
Freedom is, the cross and the empty grave,
Freedom is, no more fear, no more shame,
Freedom is, Knowing You Jesus
Vamp
Oh, Oh, Oh,
That’s what freedom is, freedom is