Was the AFL-CIO's "white paper" discussed at this conference?
Once again we are hearing: "If only Ron Paul had won." Ron Paul just
adds more confusion to everything. He is done for anyways; now we have
his even creepier son, Rand Paul, to contend with in addition to the
Democrats and Republicans.
Anyone can look and see the kind of
politics Rand Paul has brought to North Carolina... his racist Birchite
views are now permeating even the state's General Assembly as
Republicans viciously attack the poorest of the poor.
What we need is a new political party forged around a very simple and forthright agenda centered on peace and human needs.
We don't need to get out of politics.
We don't need to get out of the streets.
We need a political movement that reflects the demands of the messages
that have been brought into the streets across this country. More people
into the streets; more people active in the electoral arena--- always
educating, organizing people into united action aimed at challenging
Wall Street for political and economic power.
We have people saying politics is the only solution to our problems.
We have other people saying only demonstrations in the streets are the solution to our problems.
We have still other people saying only workplace action and work
stoppages and general strikes are the solution to our problems.
We need to learn how to use all means and methods of struggle to create
much larger and more powerful movements on every front where we are all
working towards common progressive goals and objectives with our
movements constantly working closer together.
We should be
looking closely at the "Moral Monday Movement" in North Carolina as the
way to respond to both the Republicans and Democrats who are working in
bi-partisan unity to attack the working class--- sometimes in the same
ways; sometimes in different ways with different methods... but, the
results are the same: more wars, more austerity measures to pay for the
wars and more slashing of living standards for working people which all
adds up to huge profits for the greedy, parasitical Wall Street crowd
and more grief and suffering for the working class.
As a
general rule: Anything Wall Street profits from, workers end up
suffering from--- war, unemployment, poverty wages, racist
discrimination.
We need to get very specific in stating what we want and expect from government.
We need to build some kind of "people's lobby" around this kind of
agenda complete with the kinds of resolutions and legislation
"progressive people's candidates" will be able to take into the
electoral arena so people can see the differences between what they are
getting and what they could have:
Had enough of these Democrats and Republicans in Wall Street's stable working against US--- We The People?
Unless we come together around a common program for real change
articulating our most pressing problems we aren't going to be able to
change anything.
First things first...
1. End these dirty wars and use the “peace dividends” to fund human needs.
2. Full employment; make the president and Congress legislatively responsible for attaining and maintaining full employment.
3. Real health care reform--- single-payer universal health care as a first step towards a National Public Health Care System.
4. A National Public Child Care System--- nothing is more important than properly caring for our children and grandchildren.
5. Defend and expand Social Security.
6. Protect Mother Nature--- take concrete steps to protect our ecosystems and end global warming.
Democrats and Republicans talk peace; all we get is more wars creating more debt as Wall Street profits.
Democrats and Republicans talk “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs;” all we get is more unemployment and poverty.
Democrats and Republicans talk about protecting Social Security; we get cuts.
Democrats and Republicans talk about “green this and green that;” all
we get is environmental destruction, higher gas prices, rising electric
bills and soaring heating bills as corporations profit.
Democrats and Republicans talk about patriotism and then they turn around and trample our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
If we can come together around this basic six point program (or
something very similar) required to turn our country around and take it
back from greedy Wall Street merchants of death and destruction, we can
find, together, progressive solutions to the rest of our problems, too.
Can't all of our organizations and alternative political parties along
with millions of Americans get behind the creation of some kind of
"people's lobby" to push this kind of agenda complete with resolutions
and actual legislation intended to create the kind of country we all
want to live in?
The AFL-CIO has published a "white paper"
claiming to be a guide to action to turn this country around but it
never mentions the primary need to cut spending on militarism and wars
so we can fund human needs even though these wars are killing jobs just
like they kill people. The discussion they are pushing revolves around
this "white paper" which intentionally lacks specifics because the
leadership doesn't want to pin down the Democrats to anything:
http://www.aflcio.org/content/
This week the AFL-CIO is asking this question but they ban and block
anyone who brings forward the kind of thinking I am expressing here:
The rich keep getting a bigger share of the economic pie while everyone
else’s share keeps shrinking. What should be done to reverse this
trend?
Good question; but so far there are zero comments:
http://www.aflcio.org/About/
People don't want to participate in discussions they know are rigged to prevent real alternatives from being brought forward.
We can't allow anyone to manipulate and control us out of the
discussions which need to take place in the "public square." A big part
of the struggles we are engaged in is the battle of ideas which we need
to win in order to win reforms while challenging Wall Street for power.
Once again we are hearing: "If only Ron Paul had won." Ron Paul just adds more confusion to everything. He is done for anyways; now we have his even creepier son, Rand Paul, to contend with in addition to the Democrats and Republicans.
Anyone can look and see the kind of politics Rand Paul has brought to North Carolina... his racist Birchite views are now permeating even the state's General Assembly as Republicans viciously attack the poorest of the poor.
What we need is a new political party forged around a very simple and forthright agenda centered on peace and human needs.
We don't need to get out of politics.
We don't need to get out of the streets.
We need a political movement that reflects the demands of the messages that have been brought into the streets across this country. More people into the streets; more people active in the electoral arena--- always educating, organizing people into united action aimed at challenging Wall Street for political and economic power.
We have people saying politics is the only solution to our problems.
We have other people saying only demonstrations in the streets are the solution to our problems.
We have still other people saying only workplace action and work stoppages and general strikes are the solution to our problems.
We need to learn how to use all means and methods of struggle to create much larger and more powerful movements on every front where we are all working towards common progressive goals and objectives with our movements constantly working closer together.
We should be looking closely at the "Moral Monday Movement" in North Carolina as the way to respond to both the Republicans and Democrats who are working in bi-partisan unity to attack the working class--- sometimes in the same ways; sometimes in different ways with different methods... but, the results are the same: more wars, more austerity measures to pay for the wars and more slashing of living standards for working people which all adds up to huge profits for the greedy, parasitical Wall Street crowd and more grief and suffering for the working class.
As a general rule: Anything Wall Street profits from, workers end up suffering from--- war, unemployment, poverty wages, racist discrimination.
We need to get very specific in stating what we want and expect from government.
We need to build some kind of "people's lobby" around this kind of agenda complete with the kinds of resolutions and legislation "progressive people's candidates" will be able to take into the electoral arena so people can see the differences between what they are getting and what they could have:
Had enough of these Democrats and Republicans in Wall Street's stable working against US--- We The People?
Unless we come together around a common program for real change articulating our most pressing problems we aren't going to be able to change anything.
First things first...
1. End these dirty wars and use the “peace dividends” to fund human needs.
2. Full employment; make the president and Congress legislatively responsible for attaining and maintaining full employment.
3. Real health care reform--- single-payer universal health care as a first step towards a National Public Health Care System.
4. A National Public Child Care System--- nothing is more important than properly caring for our children and grandchildren.
5. Defend and expand Social Security.
6. Protect Mother Nature--- take concrete steps to protect our ecosystems and end global warming.
Democrats and Republicans talk peace; all we get is more wars creating more debt as Wall Street profits.
Democrats and Republicans talk “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs;” all we get is more unemployment and poverty.
Democrats and Republicans talk about protecting Social Security; we get cuts.
Democrats and Republicans talk about “green this and green that;” all we get is environmental destruction, higher gas prices, rising electric bills and soaring heating bills as corporations profit.
Democrats and Republicans talk about patriotism and then they turn around and trample our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
If we can come together around this basic six point program (or something very similar) required to turn our country around and take it back from greedy Wall Street merchants of death and destruction, we can find, together, progressive solutions to the rest of our problems, too.
Can't all of our organizations and alternative political parties along with millions of Americans get behind the creation of some kind of "people's lobby" to push this kind of agenda complete with resolutions and actual legislation intended to create the kind of country we all want to live in?
The AFL-CIO has published a "white paper" claiming to be a guide to action to turn this country around but it never mentions the primary need to cut spending on militarism and wars so we can fund human needs even though these wars are killing jobs just like they kill people. The discussion they are pushing revolves around this "white paper" which intentionally lacks specifics because the leadership doesn't want to pin down the Democrats to anything:
http://www.aflcio.org/content/
This week the AFL-CIO is asking this question but they ban and block anyone who brings forward the kind of thinking I am expressing here:
The rich keep getting a bigger share of the economic pie while everyone else’s share keeps shrinking. What should be done to reverse this trend?
Good question; but so far there are zero comments:
http://www.aflcio.org/About/
People don't want to participate in discussions they know are rigged to prevent real alternatives from being brought forward.
We can't allow anyone to manipulate and control us out of the discussions which need to take place in the "public square." A big part of the struggles we are engaged in is the battle of ideas which we need to win in order to win reforms while challenging Wall Street for power.
http://www.aflcio.org/content/download/78851/1929111/file/prosperity-for-all.pdf
www.aflcio.org
