When Change Is Not Enough: Seven Steps to Revolution by Sara Robinson

[Hawaii Hiker]

A powerful (and long!) read...

"And now, thanks to 28 years of conservative misrule, we are now at the point where "manifest reality breaks away from anticipated reality;" and the breach is creating political turbulence. The average American has seen his or her standard of living contract by fits and starts since about 1972. This fall-off that was relieved somewhat by the transition to two-earner households and the economic sunshine of the Clinton years -- but then accelerated with the dot-com crash, followed by seven years of Bush's overt hostility toward the lower 98 percent of Americans who aren't part of his base".

"And here we are again: Conservative policies have opened the wealth gap to Depression levels; put workers at the total mercy of their employers; and deprived the working and middle classes of access to education, home ownership, health care, capital, legal redress, and their expectations of a better future for their kids. You can only get away with blaming this on gays and Mexicans for so long before people get wise to the game. And as the primaries are making clear: Americans are getting wise."

Guess it would help to attach the link, lol..

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/77498/?page=entire

[gateley]

1. Thank you -- I saved it and look forward to reading it. Just scanning, it looks

like it'll be good! nt