I'm still waiting for that left tax policy that (by various measures) abolishes taxes on the working class.
And by all means, "GET OFF THE DEFEATIST CYCLE".
-Brad Mayer, Oakland, CA
> The Progressive - February 2001
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> GET OFF THE DEFEATIST CYCLE
> by Adolph Reed
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> The other lesson is that we can hope to do either only by talking and
> fighting explicitly for what we want by offering people a clear,
> practical, alternative vision of how the country should be governed
> in their interests. Only through generating grassroots-level
> discussion around such practical alternatives can we create an
> activist base deep and broad enough to break the rightwing/neoliberal
> dominance of public debate, withstand the aggressive and dishonest
> opposition of the powerful interests aligned against us, and mobilize
> support for the kind of society we all know we need.
>