This is the fight of our Lives

[camby]

"The middle class and working poor are told that what's happening to them is the consequence of Adam Smith's 'Invisible Hand.' This is a lie. What's happening to them is the direct consequence of corporate activism, intellectual propaganda, the rise of a religious orthodoxy that in its hunger for government subsidies has made an idol of power, and
a string of political decisions favoring the powerful and the
privileged who bought the political system right out from under us."

Excerpt from Bill Moyers speech @ Inequality Matters Forum 6/3/04; full text of speech available on http://www.commondreams.org

Please read this speech, it eloquently describes the current political situation in America, and is a call to action. I hope the link works, I'm new at this.

In the immortal words of John Lennon, "We're still fucking peasants as far as I can see..."

[catzies]

1. Welcome to DU!

:hi: Camby!

[Pobeka]

2. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

I love Bill Moyers. Thanks for the link!

[lastknowngood]

3. Great article and absolutely 100% true and well stated.

n/t

[whistle]

4. Adam Smith's invisible index finger is more like it!

...More precisely, the index fingers of homo-phobic neoconservatives are riping new assholes for our society.

[camby]

5. They're not just HOMO-phobic

They're HUMO-phobic.

[whistle]

9. Moyers is on fire here....

..."Once upon a time I thought the mass media -- my industry -- would help mend this broken promise and save this cause. After all, the sight of police dogs attacking peaceful demonstrators forced America to recognize the reality of racial injustice. The sight of carnage in Vietnam forced us to recognize the war was unwinnable. The sight of terrorists striking the World Trade Center woke us from a long slumber of denial and distraction. I thought the mass media might awaken Americans to the reality that this ideology of winner-take-all is working against them and not for them. I was wrong. With honorable exceptions, we can't count on the mass media.

What we need is a mass movement of people like you. Get mad, yes -- there's plenty to be mad about. Then get organized and get busy. This is the fight of our lives."

This is real liberal passion that no neoconservative can ever match.

[mmonk]

6. Good one

[Just Me]

7. Thanks for posting this, "camby"!

I'm printing out Moyers' speech to keep and share.

Glad to have you here at DU! :hi:

[welshTerrier2]

8. remarkable speech !!

welcome to DU, camby !!! and thanks for posting this ...

Moyers didn't use the word capitalism in his speech but I will ...

There is simply no possible way for capitalism to co-exist with democracy ... the very wealthiest will always find a way to exploit the political system unless their wealth is taken from them and their power restricted ...

The American government should not be a "free market" where everything, and everyone, can be had for the right price ...

indeed, a working class hero is something to be ...

[Cheswick2.0]

10. Thanks Camby, that was terrific

Thanks for posting it. I wonder if there is a tape of him giving that speech.

[Eloriel]

11. My GOD that's depressing -- everyone read it, but make sure

you're in a fairly strong state of mind when you do. I feel like I've been run over with a bulldozer.

The most depressing part, perhaps, is that I didn't find anything in there that I could call hyperbole or exaggeration, or off the mark in any way.

Aaaaargh, I think I'll go contemplate suicide.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

12. This is Bill Moyers at his BEST!!!

This is the "fight of our lives"!!! The Nazi/GOP wants to destroy us all and make us slaves for their corporate/theocratic Nazi Mob!