Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese — Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites

More people are taking action in their communities to meet their basic needs because of government corruption at all levels that protects the status quo when urgent change is needed. People are moving on many fronts to challenge the system and create the world they want to see.
On Earth Day, another step was taken to challenge elite rule. A new alternative government was announced. It is an extension of the Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala Green Party campaign for president and vice president. The Green Shadow Cabinet currently consists of more than 80 activists, scientists, lawyers, advocates, economists, health professionals, labor leaders and artists who are independent of the corporate duopoly and are actively working on solutions to the crises we face. These top-level people in their fields have taken on this responsibility as volunteers. (Full disclosure: Margaret Flowers serves as secretary of health and Kevin Zeese as attorney general, and both serve on the administrative committee of the Shadow Cabinet.)
The cabinet comes at a time when people are increasingly ready to leave the corrupt two-party system. With President Obama supporting cuts to Social Security and Medicare, drone-bombing countries with which we are not at war, and appointing Wall Street and other big business interests to his cabinet, many voters are searching for somewhere to go....
Truthout | Op-Ed
Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

1 comment:

Roger Erickson said...

I like this lady's spirit. However an alternative gov isn't necessary. Just reclaim ownership of the present one, and replace the management.