Democracy Belongs To Those Who

Now Barack Obama, Who Campaigned For Transparency, Is The President Defending Secret Negotiations On New Trade Agreements That Are Largely Being Written By Corporate Lawyers And Lobbyists. He Would Give Corporations The Key To The Treasury While He Gets The Authority To Fast Track Another Hammering Of Working People And The Environment. Yet The Only People Who Get A Real Tongue-lashing From This President's White House Are Progressives Around Town Who Dare To Call Him On The Carpet For Abandoning His Promises.

The Supreme Court Consistently Favors Organized Money And The Political Privileges Of The Corporate Class. We Have A Senate That Is More Responsive To Affluent Constituents Than To Middle-class Constituents, While The Opinions Of Constituents In The Bottom Third Of Income Distribution Have No Apparent Effect At All On The Senate's Roll Call Votes.

David Rockefeller Is The Most Conspicuous Representative Today Of The Ruling Class, A Multinational Fraternity Of Men Who Shape The Global Economy And Manage The Flow Of Its Capital. Rockefeller Was Born To It, And He Has Made The Most Of It. But What Some Critics See As A Vast International Conspiracy, He Considers A Circumstance Of Life And Just Another Day's Work... In The World Of David Rockefeller It's Hard To Tell Where Business Ends And Politics Begins

Democracy Only Works When We Claim It As Our Own.

How Do We Protect The Soul Of Democracy Against Bad Theology In Service Of An Imperial State?