Published on Monday, February 21, 2011 by CommonDreams.org
Fighting the 5 Fascisms in Wisconsin and Ohio
by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
In the wake of Citizens United, with the courts, media, Congress and presidency firmly in corporate control, we see no easy road to victory for working people.
"Vote the bastards out" has become a pipedream in the age of electronic voting machines. Especially in Ohio, a reliable electoral vote count is a thing of the past.
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Ultimately, as Martin Luther King said, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
But from time to time, it does break. If these uprisings in Wisconsin and Ohio fail, there will---literally---be hell to pay.
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