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Lädt ... Wake Up, You're Liberal!: How We Can Take America Back from the Rightvon Ted Rall
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Americans are not living as well as the citizens of the world's wealthiest and most powerful nation should. Part of the reason: their government has been hijacked by the right third of the political spectrum. Why? After all, the American left -- Democrats, Greens and political movements from environmentalism and animal rights to those who oppose unfettered free trade -- should by all rights enjoy majority, mainstream status. Eighty percent of Americans are "regular people," peoplewho make less than $100,000 a year. A plurality of registered voters are Democrats. Despite this seemingly intrinsic advantage, there hasn't been a "real" Democrat in the White House since Lyndon Johnson. But Democrats, as Will Rogers famously observed, don't belong to an organized political party--right-wingers from Genghis Khan to Adolf Hitler have always been better at getting things done. The GOP has talk radio, Fox News and Clear Channel Communications on its side. The obvious solution to the current crisis of power is the reconstitution of a strong, viable American left centered around an effective Democratic Party.This book is dedicated to the prospect that the left will, and must, rise again. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Work to Live: The Guide to Getting a Life – Joe Robinson
“The Achilles’ heel of the GOP is its underlying conservative myth. (I call it a myth because Republicans, who since Reagan have proudly declared themselves the bearers of the conservative standard, no longer even pay lip service to the bedrock principles of true conservatism: limited government, fiscal austerity, isolationism, and respect for individual rights).” (p. 110)
The Sorrows of Empire – Chalmers Johnson
Locked in the Cabinet – Robert Reich
The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left – James Weinstein
A Manifesto for a New America (p. 275 – 295)
OUR NEEDS
A full-time job should pay a full-time salary
Working hard entitles you to a worry-free retirement
Everyone has the right to the best possible education
No American should be homeless
No American should be denied medical care
We have the right to collective bargaining
Those who rule us should live like us
OUR FREEDOMS
Americans have a right to own guns
We are all equal
Whether or not to abort a child is a terrible decision to made solely by its mother
Gays and lesbians are our brothers and sisters
Children are human beings
Trashing our freedoms does not protect us from those who wish us harm
The right to seek redress in a court of law shall not be abridged
Government should stay out of the God business
Voting is a privelige
OUR SAFETY
Judges should decide punishment
Murdering murderers debases all of us
Let our people go (prisons)
We are judged by how we treat those whom we condemn
White-collar crime deserves real time
OUR SECURITY
Declaring war is not the decision of one man
A strong military is fundamental to our security
Foreign aid must be revamped or eliminated
If others hate us, it’s our duty to convince them not to
We can stop illegal drugs if we want
Trade sanctions hurt innocent people, not dictators
We respect the international community
The energy crisis never ended
Veterans should want for nothing
OUR FUTURE
Government must balance its budget
We must help people who are suffering but avoid rewarding laziness
Public funds cannot be used for private purposes
The environment is humanity’s #1 priority
Capitalism dies when government permits monopolies
The United States should admit more legal and fewer illegal immigrants
There is no such thing as free trade
Wage attrition must end
Rich people should pay higher taxes than poor people
U.S. corporations should serve American interests ( )