It's time for Democrats to show some respect for the concerns of the American people.

The Democrats blew the election in 2016 by running Hillary Clinton instead of Bernie Sanders against Trump.


These same Democrats blew the opportunity to impeach and remove Trump by not bringing forward ALL of his crimes and impeachable offenses from his instigation of racist and religious bigotry and hate to his litany of lies to his use of his office to further enrich himself and his family to all the havoc he is causing in the world through embargoes and sanctions to outright mafia style murder and his immoral behavior to his phony “peace plan” in the Middle East which he has been working on behind the backs of Congress and the American people.


Now, again, this same powerful reactionary faction in the Democratic Party aligned with, and bribed by, Wall Street’s Military-Industrial Complex intent on insisting we remain on this dangerous course leading us into more and bigger wars... is once again trying to shove losing candidates like Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden down our throats when a Sanders-Warren or Warren-Sanders ticket would be acceptable to most Americans, if, for no other reason, to get rid of this turd on November third.


And now again, we have these same corrupt elements in the Democratic Party being so selfish they even have tried to undermine democracy by “fixing” the results of the Democratic Party Caucuses in Iowa.


These corporate Democrats beholden to Wall Street should just do what is right in get their dirty hands out of politics and let us common people do what is right.


Look, I have no use for the Democratic Party but I am willing to work with honest people sincerely seeking peace, an end to racism and social and economic justice and I am even willing to put up with candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who I know are only bringing forward campaign gimmicks as “promises” they never intend to deliver on but use opportunistically to get votes and I think most Americans probably feel the same way.


So I can go along with “voting blue but it does matter who” in an effort to get rid of Trump so we can buy ourselves a little time to figure out what direction we all want to see our country moving in...
most people in this country want what people all over the world want: PEACE... so let’s start there.
Peace and disarmament with the wealth of the Nation being used to solve the problems of the people- quality integrated public schools (free for all, pre-school through university), good health care, decent jobs with real living wages and a voice at work and in our communities, decent housing and livable neighborhoods and communities with people working together to solve the problems of climate change and people want real living incomes from Social Security.


We are living in the richest country in the world and the working class has created every bit of this wealth yet the millionaires and billionaires, this extremely small minority, has made the decision to squander this great wealth of our Nation on militarism and these dirty never-ending wars nobody wants.


This election should be about democracy and the common people. This is what we must insist on.


If the Democrats can get their house in order and get rid of these corrupt elements aligned with Wall Street, so much the better. But if they can’t we are most likely in for another rough four years.


I’m not voting for any warmongers. That is my bottom line.


Let Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren meet and sort this out and provide a united front against war, racism and corruption; against Trump and against the warmongers in the Democratic Party, too.


Henry Wallace, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Claude Pepper and Martin Luther King had a vision for America where democracy meant the common people would rule... it should be possible for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to bring forward, together, such an outlook to politics.


Quite frankly, I will vote for Howie Hawkins for president if the Democrats try to shove some warmongering Wall Street shills down our throats and then tell us this crap about “vote blue no matter who” when it does matter who.


Don’t allow the Democrats to blow it again. We don’t have to take this crap.

A conversation with Roger Hickey, Democratic Party hack.

My response to Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America’s Future who claims the New Democratic Governor of Kentucky is going to deliver health care reform:


Roger Hickey


You are some defender of health care reform... your legacy is that you helped kill the single-payer movement and you have never had the courage to address the need for real health care reform:
A National Public Health Care System...

Publicly funded.


Publicly administered.


Publicly delivered.


Based on the model of public education.


You and your cabal of foundation-funded outfits fronting for the Democratic Party helped kill single-payer in order to support Obamacare....


The “Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry Bailout and Profit Maximization Act of 2010.”


Now here you come saying Beshear owes working people... well, so did your candidate Barack Obama; and what did we get from Obama but a kick in the head that ended up delivering us into the hands of this two-bit half-assed racist fascist bastard Donald Trump who goes around the country holding his hate rallies sowing divisions.


Your goal is the same as the Wallace Foundation funding you... to keep people trapped in the Democratic Party.


I wonder what Dumb Donkey you intend to hitch your cart to in 2020? Please give us a hint.

A concerned citizen/activist organizing package to help build the movement to free Rodney Reed

Everyone is asking me:

“What is with this Texas Governor Greg Abbott that he refuses to recognize the overwhelming evidence that Rodney Reed is innocent and is proceeding to allow his execution while the real murderer of Stacy Stites, Jimmy Fennell, is allowed to go free?”


Quite literally, everyone is asking this question.


Well, it’s the same thing that has driven this case, this frame-up, of Rodney Reed from the very beginning:


RACISM.


Racist hate drove Jimmy Fennell to carry out this premeditated heinous brutal murder of Stacey Stites.


Racist hate, combined with corruption and a long legacy of historical, institutional, cultural and political racism is what is blinding Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the real facts involved in this case to the point where he has no respect for Rodney Reed’s right-to-life.


This movement for justice for Rodney Reed now involves millions of people, all across the country and here in Texas as it spreads across the globe... everyone is looking on in horror and in disbelief that the Governor of the State of Texas is allowing the execution of Rodney Reed to move forward in spite of overwhelming testimony from witnesses together with real medical and scientific evidence that Rodney Reed is innocent and everyone, except Governor Greg Abbott, can see that Rodney Reed is innocent recognizing that Rodney Reed should be exonerated without further delay and this execution halted.


With time running out as the scheduled day of Rodney Reed’s execution approaches, Governor Greg Abbott’s refusal time act in accordance with what human decency and justice demands can only be considered to be mean and spiteful with his actions intended to feed his small and dwindling racist base of support.


No doubt, at one time, Texas Governor Greg Abbott was thinking that with so few people concerned about the plight of Rodney Reed, because no one knew what was being passed off in the name of justice here in Texas, he could get away with executing Rodney Reed and that would be the end of the matter.


But, now, with a growing population having been informed and educated as to all the facts in this case, Texas Governor Abbott is having a great deal of difficulty carrying out his original plans, not because he has a conscience, but because he has been caught as a participant in this hideous racist frame-up of Rodney Reed.


The final decision of whether or not to execute Rodney Reed is not going to be a decision Texas Governor Greg Abbott makes on his own... the determination will be made in the ultimate court... the court of public opinion.


Can we build and organize the kind of massive and overwhelming movement in the short time left to force Texas Governor Greg Abbott to do what is right and just: stop this execution and exonerate Rodney Reed.


Texas Governor Greg Abbott comes looking for votes but he doesn’t want to hear from the people when it comes to what is right and what is wrong and what basic human decency requires.


Texas Governor Greg Abbott turns his back in indifference to millions of people now on record calling on him to do what is ethically and morally right in this case... only more people raising their voices is going to convince Texas Governor Greg Abbott to turn around and face the people and do what is right.


This is no time to give up... we must intensify and bring many more people into this struggle for justice for Rodney Reed.


We can not allow the execution of this innocent man to take place in our name.


Talk to everyone you know; get on the phone and talk to everyone- friends, neighbors, politicians, journalists, clergy, community leaders and grassroots activists.


We must ask, where are the voices from the labor unions? Rank-and-file workers are speaking out but we have yet to hear from union leaders. We are talking about the life of an innocent black worker, the victim of a racist frame-up. Organized labor must add its voice to this struggle for justice.


Take this plea for justice into every union hall for action.


Time is running out.


Look around you; do you know someone who hasn’t spoken up but who will speak up if they are educated to the facts in this case... talk to these people... don’t procrastinate.


Sign the petition and pass it along to others:

Stop the Execution of Rodney Reed!
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-execution-of-rodney-reed

Here is some good basic information on the case for you to use to educate people...


Dr. Phil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEphVV4LbrY

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mk087


Democracy Now... this is excellent:
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/6/rodney_reed_calls_to_stop_execution?fbclid=IwAR3iPOYXr4X2i8qr1lodITdx1L5xwrAdr_xUwJmvVragzBkGs0mtEKnodBU


The Intercept:
https://theintercept.com/2019/11/08/rodney-reed-death-row-texas/?fbclid=IwAR1qq2aevrdhoNtTM_KEDHm-bSV3fZ7rIJDfpDvfgejh_6_TFFiAdQu-470


Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/11/06/texas-plans-execute-man-this-month-murder-his-lawyers-say-someone-else-confessed-crime/?fbclid=IwAR3GfwL1Vf0Z4xCTXgZGlbg6GzQjW8T5EaH7hIb9huCYYKJMcbUImBMK2A4


Bishop Joe Vasquez speaks out (includes video)
https://austindiocese.org/bishop-pleads-for-rodney-reeds-life?fbclid=IwAR0tT4L2jccidJg1TpwdeoHa_oq0_h8aY1QHBP3xp6CA_bwctk0NCwFUE48


Bastrop County Democratic Party resolution:
https://bastropdemocrats.org/resolved-to-achieve-exoneration-of-rodney-reed/?fbclid=IwAR0b0xeXdi1sO1l3UuOo3Ycg8iOBqn8H6gz_jq5id-hy2o40pIoCWYWSF8I


Polk County Republicans:
https://www.facebook.com/maki.alan/posts/2737127873034463


Austin-American Statesman
https://www.statesman.com/opinion/20191106/editorial-donrsquot-execute-rodney-reed-while-doubts-remain


Oprah Winfrey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfDLaEN0rk&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3TEKJ2iEb0OZ2Pmxz53GIEPTBYO5U2s71ccgUGkStITp_BP888g53y0P8


New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/rodney-reed-death-row-texas.html


History of racism and the criminal justice system from the New York Times "1619 Project:"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/prison-industrial-complex-slavery-racism.html?fbclid=IwAR2veEKhDnDEZUWsHjFZyNFE4h6DfsEq67agLjbg5mKCima2FvpdzwO6e9E&mtrref=www.facebook.com&gwh=515BF6EC60792FA4D0F6E71A217C2AE7&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL


Letter from Texas State Senator Kirk Watson to Governor Abbott:
http://www.kirkwatson.com/featured-posts/request-for-reprieve-for-rodney-reed/


Letter from Texas State Representative Vikki Goodwin to Governor Abbott:
https://twitter.com/VikkiGoodwinTX/status/1190003004906364928



Letter from bi-partisan group of Texas State Legislators to Governor Abbott:
https://files.constantcontact.com/ad1cddb9001/edecbf75-f862-4b6a-a4da-a6d3e434bd61.pdf


If you need more info and people to contact let me know.


Here is the contact information for Texas Governor Greg Abbott... write, call, visit his office:

(512) 463-2000 - Office of the Governor Main Switchboard
(office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST)
Call 711 for Relay Texas - Citizen's Assistance Telecommunications Device, if you are using a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD)


Mailing Address
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428


Just a note as to how this struggle for justice to save Rodney Reed is shaping up:


Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his cabal of racist bigots are gearing up for a battle over Rodney Reed as they turn to some of the most vicious and vile racism not seen so openly in Texas in many years:


**********************
CNN reports today:

In a now deleted tweet highlighting the growing divide in the case, the Texas District & County Attorneys Association posted: "Not sure how Reed's supporters have turned him into the most popular serial rapist since Michael Jackson."
***********************


This is just the beginning.


These arrogant racist bigots who hold all levers of state power in Texas are intent on executing Rodney Reed as a way to opportunistically and sadistically mobilize their racist base.


Greg Abbott and his cabal of racist bigots can’t figure out how to get themselves out of this racist mess they created for themselves and they are now turning to this vile racism as their last bastion of defense.


This is sick!

A comment:

Alone our individual voices are like one little raindrop, we don't amount to much; but, let it pour... working together we become a powerful flood like a dry stream-bed overflowing its banks.
You can find a lot of other information by doing a Google search: "Rodney Reed"
Please share the link to this blog post.
Yours in the struggle to save Rodney Reed,
Alan Maki
512-517-2708

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Democracy at stake

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has warned that the United States Supreme Court is doing “extraordinary favors” for President Donald Trump.


If this doesn’t serve as a warning of what is to come I don’t know what would.


It can’t happen here? Think again.

Polk County Republicans in Texas say: Free Rodney Reed!

POLK GOP


Resolution Supporting Clemency For Rodney Reed


Whereas, Rodney Reed, of Bastrop, Texas, has been on death row in Polk County, Texas, since 1998 for the 1996 murder of 19-year old Stacey Stites, and is set to be executed on November 20th; and


Whereas, the all white jury that convicted Rodney were not privy to the mountains of overwhelming evidence that would have exonerated him; and


Whereas, independent crime experts say the actual evidence points to Stacey's own fiancé, Jimmy Fennell, then a Giddings police officer, as her killer, who lived with Stites, initially was a suspect, who failed two polygraph exams, and was recently released from prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman while on duty as a Georgetown police officer not long after the time that Rodney was wrongly imprisoned; and


Whereas, the only evidence linking Rodney to Stacey was DNA evidence not inconsistent with that which would be typical found of a consensual sexual relationship; and


Whereas, during the trial, no individuals from Rodney's witness list were ever called to testify, which included those prepared to testify on Rodney's whereabouts the night of the murder, and those prepared to testify that Rodney knew Stacey and was romantically involved with her; and


Whereas, three of the actual expert witnesses that testified during the trial have since recanted their testimony, admitted that the time of death would have been hours prior to that what which they originally states during trial, thus meaning Stacey had died to the time that she left her and Fennell's apartment to go work; and


Whereas, several world renowned forensic pathologists have concluded that Rodney's attorney's requests to have the murder weapon tested for DNA; and


Whereas, this body believes Rodney is innocent.


Whereas, killing Rodney without certainty his guilt will erode public trust, not only in the death penalty, but in the entire justice system; and


Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Polk County Republican Party hereby requests that Governor Greg Abbott stay Rodney Reed's execution; and


Be It Further Resolved, that this body calls on members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to review all of the overwhelming evidence that exonerates Mr. Reed, and eventually grant clemency with a pardon based on innocence; and


Be It Further Resolved, that this body calls on Bastrop County District Attorney Bryan Goertz to cancel the November 20 execution date, test all the evidence, and initiate a new trial; and


Be It Further Resolved, that the Polk County Republican Party asks citizens of Polk County and throughout Texas to contact the above and respectfully request the same.

Racism runs rampant in Texas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his cabal of racist bigots are gearing up for a battle over Rodney Reed as they turn to some of the most vicious and vile racism not seen so openly in Texas in many years:


**********************
CNN reports today:

In a now deleted tweet highlighting the growing divide in the case, the Texas District & County Attorneys Association posted: "Not sure how Reed's supporters have turned him into the most popular serial rapist since Michael Jackson."
***********************


This is just the beginning.


These arrogant racist bigots who hold all levers of state power in Texas are intent on executing Rodney Reed as a way to opportunistically and sadistically mobilize their racist base.


Greg Abbott and his cabal of racist bigots can’t figure out how to get themselves out of this mess they created for themselves and they are now turning to this vile racism as their last bastion of defense.


This is sick!

Stop the blood-letting in Syria

There remains lots of confusion about what Trump did in withdrawing troops from that specific area in Syria with most members of Congress complaining...

Trump acted in collusion with the fascist dictator, Erdogan, of Turkey. Trump turned a blind eye to what he helped plan.

But who has been appropriating funds to prop up this fascist dictator in Turkey? Answer: The same members of Congress who now say Trump was wrong.

In fact, if not for the United States arming and financing this fascist dictator and the CIA meddling in collusion with this fascist bastard in preventing the democratic forces in Turkey led by the Communist Party in getting rid of Erdogan, this barbaric attack on the Kurdish people would not have taken place.

The American people should respond by demanding all U.S. troops be removed from Syria and no more support for this fascist bastard, Erdogan; no U.S./NATO bases or armaments in Turkey. Support the forces of democracy in Turkey. Free Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

So, what we have is Trump turning a blind eye giving Erdogan a wink and a nod to carry out his barbarity and Congress pretending to be concerned and opposed to Turkey’s barbaric attack on the Kurds even though each and every one of those 350 members of Congress have voted to fund this fascist imperialist racist regime Erdogan presides over in Turkey.

By the way, Congress has never declared its opposition to Erdogan’s brutal repression against the democratic forces inside of Turkey nor have these members of Congress ever uttered a peep of protest against the brutal, inhumane and barbaric conditions of Öcalan’s imprisonment. Free Öcalan and he will see to it that the Kurdish people and the forces for democracy work together to get rid of Erdogan and his cabal of corrupt fascist imperialist warmongers and this will be a major step towards peace in this troubled region of the world.

Both Republicans and Democrats support the wrong people everyplace in the world and Turkey is no different.

The primary problem is we have a bunch of Wall Street imperialists dictating our foreign policy and this is what has to end.

The Wall Street merchants of death and destruction will always promote a pro-war reactionary foreign policy intended to protect their profits and investments and this is what is wrong.

What is really shameful is we have this gaggle of phony liberals, progressives and leftists who have hitched their wagons to the neo-liberals advancing this Wall Street imperialist agenda. Either they don’t understand what is going on or they are just so damn opportunistic they would rather cooperate with these Wall Street assets in Congress than struggle against these corrupt bastards for a just foreign policy respectful of the rest of the world and willing to cooperate with the rest of the world.

We had better take the time to learn and understand what is really going on in the world or we are going to go from war to war with a lot of innocent people dying and suffering just so these parasitical Wall Street vultures can continue to exploit the people and rape these other countries of natural resources... like oil.

I challenge anyone to dispute what I have written here... including those members of Congress hiding their support for this fascist bastard in Turkey behind their resolution condemning Trump when they should be including this hideous treasonous act Trump has engaged in while conspiring with Erdogan as one more grounds for Trump’s impeachment.

We have a blood-thirsty racist warmongering president and a Congress with Democrats in control abdicating their Constitutional responsibility to impeach and as a result people die and suffer.

And to make matters worse we have a media owned and controlled by Wall Street feeding us lie after lie about everything. Has this great free media ever told you the legitimate leader of the Kurdish people, Abdullah Öcalan, has been languishing in prison for over twenty years ever since the CIA helped the Turkish fascists and the Israeli government capture him? Do you even know anything about Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK? Why not if we have a free media?

And it is a dirty shame that an International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties took place in Turkey at the very time all this carnage was occurring and they did little to nothing to educate working people about what is taking place; nor did they stand up to Erdogan and his fascist imperialist government when Erdogan ordered them not to hold the demonstration they had called for. Nor did they call for Abdullah Öcalan to be released.

It’s time to tell the truth and demand accountability.

The change we need

A progressive program for real change.

I'm fed up... how about you?

I'm fed up with Wall Street's militarism and wars paid for through austerity measures.

I'm fed up with this two party trap we are caught in; we need to break free.

A program for real change...

* Peace--- end the wars, interventions, meddling and occupations; shutdown the 850 U.S. military bases on foreign soil.

* A National Public Health Care System - twelve million new jobs.

* A National Public Child Care System - three to five million new jobs.

* Works Progress Administration - three million new jobs.

* Civilian Conservation Corps - two million new jobs.

* Tax the hell out of the rich and cut the military budget by ending the wars to pay for it all which will create full employment.

* Enforce Affirmative Action; end discrimination.

* Raise the minimum wage to a real living wage based on the actual cost-of-living.

* What tax-payers subsidize in the way of businesses, tax-payers should own and reap the profits from.

* Moratorium on home foreclosures and evictions.

* Cancel all student loan debt.

* Increase Social Security to a real living income.

* All public transportation should be “fare-free” as part of a policy to combat climate change.

* Defend democracy by defending workers' rights including the right to collective bargaining for improving the lives and livelihoods of working people. Repeal and rescind “At-Will Employment.”

* Roll-back and freeze the price of food, electricity, gas and heating fuels; not wages, benefits or pensions.

Defend and expand Social Security. Across board increase of $500.00 month. 

Instead of politicians talking about “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” at election time, we need to make the President and Congress legislatively responsible for attaining and maintaining full employment. 

Wall Street's wars are killing our jobs just like they kill people; these endless imperialist wars, as Mark Twain called them, are making us all poor. Wall Street is our enemy.

We need to break free from this two-party trap by creating a new working class based people’s party that is anti-monopoly and anti-imperialist challenging Wall Street for political and economic power while raising the need for a socialist cooperative commonwealth as an alternative to capitalism.

Public ownership of the entire energy complex will be required if we are going to halt global warming and climate change,

How is Wall Street’s war economy working for you? 

Climate change is like war, poverty and unemployment... without peace we aren't going to solve this problem either; we can't keep squandering the wealth of our Nation on militarism and wars and expect to live in a society where human needs and taking care of our living environment are priorities.

All wealth is created by labor with quite a little bit of help from Mother nature; in quest of short-term maximum profits, parasitical Wall Street vulture capitalists exploit labor and rape Mother Nature.

For all the good it does, we might just as well be dumping the wealth of our Nation into the deepest depths of the oceans instead of wasting our human and natural resources on these dirty wars only the Wall Street merchants of death and destruction profit from.

Let's talk about the politics and economics of livelihood for a real change.

I'm fed up--- there is always enough money to fight another war but never enough money for human needs.

In my opinion, what we need is a massive people's coalition coming together to 
advocate for an alternative agenda and budget as we challenge Wall Street for power... we need a “People’s Lobby.”

I'm fed up... if you are fed up, too, let's sit around the kitchen table or around a campfire with a few friends to try to figure out how We the People can come together to re-order the priorities of this country.

A progressive program for social and economic justice begins with a focus on peace.

Government budgets reflect our true priorities: http://nationalpriorities.org/en/


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                                       Losing Our Way

For a "21st Century Full Employment Act for Peace and Prosperity."

Some question I have about this climate crisis mess.

I’m curious what it takes to be qualified to participate in a movement these days?


When I see people trying to push people out of the climate change movement instead of trying to bring more people into it in order to force immediate action I begin to wonder what the heck is going on.


It appears to me those who profited from creating this mess are trying to evade a discussion about who should pay to clean this mess up... so they sow division and confusion.


Very legitimate questions arise:


What needs to be done to head off this pending disaster?


Will the working class be saddled with the financial burden to clean up this mess; or, will the big-business crowd who derived their wealth in the process of creating this mess foot the bill?


What is it we need to stop doing right now in order to prevent further damage? Does humanity need militarism and wars to resolve problems or do we put an end to this huge carbon footprint of the Military-Industrial Complex?


Should we be marching under the banner of “Socialism or Extinction” or accept the capitalist economic system which got us into this mess?


What technologies can be used to get us out of this mess?


Is carbon capture and storage the way we want to go?


Should capitalist monopolies be allowed to profit from carbon capture and storage technologies?


Is nationalization under public ownership and democratic control the solution to bringing the energy producing industries under control?


Is there any excuse for any energy producing enterprise not using carbon capture and storage technology... if so, what are the reasons?


We apparently know the one-hundred worst carbon producing offenders and most all are in the energy producing sector... how much of the energy being produced is really not needed and being produced by obsolete methods when the energy is really needed?


And, are we missing out on many very environmentally friendly methods of heating, cooling and producing electricity simply because monopoly corporations haven’t figured out a way to reap huge profits from these technologies?


Are our schools educating youth in a way that will bring them into society to solve these problems?


Why are so many schools antagonistic to involving students in climate change issues? Is it because the power generating industry is putting a damper on science and technology that serves people and the planet rather than their drive for maximum profits?


Do the selfish and greedy capitalist monopolies want to maintain the status quo until they figure out how to reap huge profits from environmentally sound methods of production with the rest of us bearing the burden and cost of saving the planet while they profit even though this procrastination will result in our demise?


Can a system that only “works” when there is massive waste, fraud and mismanagement be relied on to save us from destruction?

Albert Einstein pointed out long ago that the choice we would have to be making would be socialism or extinction. Apparently we must make this decision now.

Can Wall Street adequately respond to climate change in the timely manner required?

How can Wall Street ever be expected to deal with climate change when the hallmarks of these capitalist monopolies are three defining features of doing business?


Waste.


Fraud.

Mismanagement.

Will the "money monsters" just "fade away?"

Some people suggest the Wall Street “money monsters” will just fade away and disappear and we will be able to solve the problems they created.


I disagree with this line of thinking.


In my opinion, these “money monsters” will have to be removed from power and any positions of influence by a well organized working class movement committed to enforcing working class power... socialism.