2004-06-26
HUMAN RIGHTS || SOCIAL JUSTICE
FDR's Second Bill Of Rights | Pax Nortona [aka Joel Sax] has taken a closer look at the promises stipulated by Franlin Delano Roosevelt during has last State of the Union Address | Briefly, these are:
There's More...
for more, check the source of Joel's inspiration, Harper's Magazine ¶ 15:15
pix: © 1987 / Will Brady --v | Click here to see the entire picture/essay
FDR's Second Bill Of Rights | Pax Nortona [aka Joel Sax] has taken a closer look at the promises stipulated by Franlin Delano Roosevelt during has last State of the Union Address | Briefly, these are:
1. the right to a useful and remumerative job in industries or shops or farms of mines of the nation;He then goes on to provide some cogent thoughts about the protections of social justice envisioned by FDR and systematically eviscerated by Reaganites, Dittoheads and Dubya's mindless masses | You know, the characters who think that the mega-rich white-tie guys are actually interest5ed in the little guys |
2. the right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
3. the right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
4. the right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
5. the right of every family to a decent home;
6. the right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
7. the right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
8. the right to a good education
There's More...
for more, check the source of Joel's inspiration, Harper's Magazine ¶ 15:15
