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Alan Maki

Alan Maki
Doing research at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas

It's time to claim our Peace Dividend

It's time to claim our Peace Dividend

We need to beat swords into plowshares.

We need to beat swords into plowshares.

A program for real change...

http://peaceandsocialjustice.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-progressive-program-for-real-change.html


What we need is a "21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity" which would make it a mandatory requirement that the president and Congress attain and maintain full employment.


"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens"

- Ben Franklin

Let's talk...

Let's talk...

Monday, March 9, 2020

Is the anti-monopoly struggle the basis for all-people's unity at the ballot box?

Bernie Sanders says he is a “democratic socialist” and as such he says he isn’t opposed to capitalism except in its monopoly form.


Elizabeth Warren says she is for capitalism but not in its present monopoly form.


Most Americans are opposed to Wall Street monopolies.


Okay, so we can’t all agree to get rid of capitalism and replace it with socialism...


Let’s at least take a step to curb the power of the Wall Street monopolies and their domination over our lives, our society and the economy.


A Sanders-Warren ticket against the Wall Street monopolists would be acceptable to most people in this country; and, within this anti-monopoly electoral coalition we can continue to have a civil discussion about capitalism versus socialism.


Make monopoly the issue in this election and make the socialist alternative to capitalism the issue in the next election.


How is that for a compromise?


Create an anti-monopoly party now and then let the people decide democratically if they want to transition the party into an anti-capitalist party for socialism.


After all, half the people in this country say they are willing to consider the socialist alternative to capitalism... aren’t we entitled to have a voice and a vote?


We really can’t skip the anti-monopoly stage in the struggle for socialism anyways.


Take this idea and spread it around to find out what others think and if this kind of discussion goes viral it just might force Sanders and Warren to realize their responsibility to the American people if they are sincere in wanting to get rid of Trump in a way that leaves us in the strongest position to fight for the kind of reforms we require to solve our many pressing problems.


Maybe we could all sign an open letter to Sanders and Warren telling them we want them working together on this?