"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine." - - - William Blum

January 18, 2005

Pursuing Justice: A Solution for Democrats?


"The Progressive movement in the United States ended in 1972. Once women got the vote, child labor banished, Social Security and other government social programs established, then the motivating force behind the movement died. We need to rediscover and pursue those issues that are a threat to justice in America." - - - paraphrased from Joe Dunn, California State Senator.

If that is true, then the aim of Progressive Democrats must be to take the Party away from the Washington Beltway Corporate Interests and reconstitute in the cities, offering support and alternatives to blue collar workers, unions, teachers, and anyone who sees JUSTICE as the core Democratic value. Republicans want LIBERTY, the liberty to keep their money, not justice. It's ours for the taking, fellow progressives. All we need to do is put our foot to the concrete, support programs that bring justice into our lives and spread the word. That's all it takes. We don't have to abandon the Democratic Party, just reclaim it.

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