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bvar22

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8. Look to our neighbors in Latin America ...
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 07:46 PM
Jun 2012

... for a successful Blue Print for real "Change".
In many Central and South American countries, the 99% have wrested their governments from the hands of the Oligarchs and Fascists.

They have accomplished near bloodless revolutions,
but you won't hear about these successes from the American Media
OR the leadership of either political party.
They will continue to demonize these populist reforms that have reversed the flow of wealth to the 1% in their countries.

[font size=3]"The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that nation states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated."[/font]
----Bolivian Reform President Evo Morales


FDR said much the same thing in 1944 with his Economic Bill of Rights,
so there IS precedent here for this type of "change".
Unfortunately, FDR and THAT Democratic Party are long dead,
so we have some work to do!


When the American Working Class & the American Poor realize WE have MORE in common with each other
than we have in common with our Ruling Elite (1%) and their employees in Washington,
THEN we can have our "change".
As long as our Media and Political Leadership are successful in keeping us divided,
the Status Quo will be maintained.

When you hear a politician demanding a return to the Pre-Reagan Tax Structure, Corporate Regulation, Education, Protection of The Commons, and Trade Policies that built the greatest, wealthiest, and most upwardly mobile Working/Middle Class the World has ever seen,
LISTEN.
THAT guy speaks for YOU.


Pass the word.
Look SOUTH for the Blue Print.
Ask the question, "WHO works for YOU?"
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

VIVA Democracy!
I pray we get some here soon.
WE outnumber THEM a hundred thousand to one.


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