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In reply to the discussion: Iceland Gets it right~ Why No media coverage? [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)35. Over the last decade or so, many countries in Latin America....
...have successfully wrested their governments away from the 1%.
[font size=3]"The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that nation states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated."[/font]
----Bolivian Reform President Evo Morales
----Bolivian Reform President Evo Morales
(FDR said much the same thing in 1944 with his Economic Bill of Rights.)
They have given us a Blue Print for "CHANGE."
When the Working Class & the Poor realize WE have more in common with each other
than we have in common with the 1% and their employees in Washington,
we can have the change we deserve.
[font size=5 color=green]Solidarity99![/font][font size=2 color=green]
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Also we don't have the rapid change from a parliamentary system. They game between elections.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#37
Your answer is in your title -- because they got it right. And because "right" means that the
Nay
Apr 2012
#9
"Storytime" - interesting choice of words considering your post's basis in reality...
ExPatLeftist
Apr 2012
#23
From an expat living in Iceland for 16 years (and an Icelandic citizen) this is mostly inaccurate.
ExPatLeftist
Apr 2012
#21
Thanks for writing this, this is the very first thing I saw this morning and was
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#31
exactly! the banks everywhere have been ripping off the people for years--why should we pay
librechik
Apr 2012
#22
Yes, after much suffering under IMF rules, Argentina defaulted on its debt
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#48