Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Wisconsin's Recall Election

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, June 4, 2012

Wisconsin's Recall Election

Click here to access article by Stephen Lendman from War is a Crime.

It is dramatic evidence of the control that the ruling class has over vital issues in the US that they have been able to contain the volatile political conflict that has been raging in Wisconsin since the aggressive attacks on labor occurred last year under the right-wing administration of Governor Walker. By confining the conflict within their tightly controlled election system, the political operatives of the One Percent insure that whoever wins, they win.

Both candidates support monied, not popular interests. Wisconsin Democrats aren't much better choices than Republicans. Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, labor rights lose. Wisconsin reflects what's happening across America. It's bad and getting worse.

See also this introduction to a book from Monthly Review.