Robert Reich: The moral crises of our age has nothing to do with gay marriage or abortion...

[byoung6]

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But I have to say that without economic justice, without workers rights, in this society there is no hope for the other rights. There is no hope for civil rights at all if workers are not empowered. That is one of the lessons of the labor movement. Without a strong labor movement the civil rights movement could not made the progress that it did in the late 40's, the 50's and the 60's. Without a strong labor movement women would not have made the strides they have. And you see that with a a terribly weak labor movement that our rights are being threatened.
The democratic party only saw success and power because they latched onto the labor movement and civil rights, not the other way around. And if the current democratic elite think that giving lip-service to labor and workers rights they are going to find out its a loser. And if "democrats" are so tied to party and not they're class they are voting against they're own interest. Remember the lessons of history, in the 30's there was a real threat of revolution, by the far right, fascists, religious zealots. And the far left, labor, communists, socialists. It was FDR who candidly told the monied class that they had to make serious changes and pay 96% tax on income over $25k or the country was in real danger of revolution. I think we are moving there again.