Bill Fletcher Jr: Resistance and the Recession

While the voices of the banking industry and Wall Street financiers have dominated the negotiations of bailouts and economic recovery package, the debate has missed input from Labor and Social movements. Bill Fletcher, Jr. argued for the mobilization of groups with the political will to pressure the Obama administration on economic issues at a panel discussion on the crisis hosted by The Nation magazine and The Nation Institute. Fletcher joined Barbara Ehrenreich, Jeff Madrick, Joseph Stiglitz and Chris Hayes in identifying and resolving the causes of the economic meltdown. Please visit http://www.thenation.com/section/meltdown101 for a full podcast and video of the event.

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[xadam2dudex]

Obama is a corporatist and a republican.. he is not on the side of the people he has betrayed them at every turn.. he lied to everyone saying what everyone wanted to hear ...he has disdain for progressives

[prayfortruejustice]

Karl Marx would be proud.

[pyannaguy]

Money (Economics) trumps Politics.

Politics is money's bitch.

Capitalism, the way the Right Wing has been preaching it, especially since Reagan, is The Law of The Jungle wearing a smile and carrying a briefcase.

Some calm heads from the bottom up AND the top down will have to lead the way to a rational hybrid system: say, People-ism, for now.

The technology inherent in your computer, alone, surpasses what's required to feed and shelter everybody on Earth.

Learn, Think, Speak - Do.

[Commiton]

TriggerJunkie and nowareman, has it never ocurred to you that being raised in the center of capitalism in the world that you have been indoctrinated in a one sided way? Or are you so blindly nationalistic in regards to support for the government under which you were born that you can not conceive of the myopic world view you've been spoon fed since birth? Or both? Both I suspect. I don't blame you. It's difficult to see beyond one's nationalistic programing.

[nowareman]

He doesn't know for the most part what he's saying

[nowhereman4442]

come on..use the good sense your creator gave you..dont be a shill for the predatory capitalists.socialism ..when your house is on fire you use the fire dept., when your mother has a stroke you call 911..the roads you drive on..clean water..social security...thank a liberal...or you wouldn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. the republicons keep TALKING about smaller gov't but they want smaller gov't for u not for the 1%ers while they transfer ..er..STEAL billions

[phraze]

Amen Brother

[TriggerJunkie]

Socialism is slavery! Those who push for socialism, communism, and Marxism are usually the ones who really have a dislike for people and have no sense of true compassion for their fellow man. These souless zombies will not accept the fact that more people have died under socialist/ communist regimes than any free-society (democracy/republic). These elitist "thinkers" are disingenuous and when in debate will lower themselves to attacking the other debator and not allow true dialogue. Pussies!

[Beowulf2327]

Socialism and labor unions are what caused the problems in this country, This nation was put out there for us to have freedom and liberty and government to be small, that's what made this country great. Governments can not and never has supplied freedom or advancement, they cant provide jobs, and never have. we need freedom to make our own way in life not control by a socialistic government. Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither.

[flyhead2]

Obama is not the antidote, he is the mestastisised illness.