Saturday, October 3, 2009

"A Second Bill of Rights", Or, "Why David Swanson Should be Canonized"

A Second Bill of Rights:

From his new book, Let's Try Democracy (follow link to see his comments on each one):

1) The right to vote

2) The right to expanded Magna Carta protections

3) Equal rights for all!

4) Environmental rights

5) Right to education, housing, and health care (N.B. Echoing this is never-before-seen footage used in Michael Moore's documentary Capitalism: A Love Story in which FDR calls for a second Bill of Rights that guarantees--among other things--"the right to a job, to a home, to an education, and to medical care")

6) Workers' rights

7) Right to basic welfare

8) Right to be a conscientious objector

9) Freedom of the press and freedom from war lies

10) Right to know your rights!

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