Our job is not to give him a blank check or simply be cheerleaders. It was good that we were cheerleaders while he was running for office, but it’s not good to be cheerleaders now. Because we want the country to go beyond where it has been in the past. We want to make a clean break from what it has been in the past. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
While Zinn makes some good arguments, I think they would be better with more current examples. He's talking about a society like Norway or Sweden--both of which score high in recent surveys of national happiness, livability, and economic stability. And I guess his book editors must be better than those at the Progressive, because the writing here is way less polished than what I've read in his books.
Howard Zinn knows and has written the history of the people in this country, and here advocates for them to make the politicians move toward a path of change that the people want. Well written and framed.
Democracy means the people are supposed to be listened to. We need to restore democracy. Publicly financed elections would reduce the political voice of corporations and the very wealthy.
There was a common thread that ran through all American history, and all of the presidents—Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative—followed this thread. The ... More »
The government has to represent the people’s needs. The government can’t give the job of representing the people’s needs to corporations and the banks, because they ... More »
It's a good opinion piece that uses simple examples & language that is accessible to most English speakers.
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