Re: Taibbi (was Re: Fwd: Antioch College Closing!)
On Jun 15, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
How about: (1) universal and affordable health care, (2) guaranteed =
living wage jobs for everyone, (3) elimination of poverty and cultural =
dysfunctions it creates, (4) equal educational opportunity for everyone, (5) =
proportional political representation free of corruption and monied interests =
(public funding of election), (6) clean environment for everyone and =
rational use of natural resources, (7) humane treatment of animals, (8) safe an =
nurturing community for everyone, (9) freedom to enter the relationship of one’s choice regardless of sexual orientation, and (10) foreign policy =
based on d=E9tente, peace, open borders, internationalism and respect for the =
universal human rights.
This is a good list, but it’s hardly original, you know. The labor =
movement and much of the “respectable” left has been pushing for much/ =
most of this for a long time. Haven’t you noticed?
By the way, some of the strongest forces pushing for attention to the =
poor, and towards very-low-wage workers - to the exclusion of people =
up the income scale who are still pretty insecure - are your good =
friends, the elite foundations. It’s always a patronizing attention, =
with long roots in upper class charity - but they’re not much =
interested in unions and self-organization.
Doug