In view of the utterly disgusting atrocities committed against the people of New Orleans, and in view of the comprehensive militarization of the concept of social welfare in the United States, and, further, in view of the fact that at every opportunity people's tax money is being shifted increasingly to the likes of Halliburton and other corporate stockholders—instead of being spent on infrastructure (e.g. the levees) prior to this socially-cre ...

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In view of the utterly disgusting atrocities committed against the people of New Orleans, and in view of the comprehensive militarization of the concept of social welfare in the United States, and, further, in view of the fact that at every opportunity people's tax money is being shifted increasingly to the likes of Halliburton and other corporate stockholders—instead of being spent on infrastructure (e.g. the levees) prior to this socially-created catastrophe or on humanitarian relief efforts after such disasters—we on the Left must ask ourselves some hard questions. Must we always remain reactive? Wait for the rulers to act and then react to the latest move made by the thieves, who are perpetually a few steps ahead? Must they always determine the battle, the pace and the framework? Turning the tables is possible. Let us start from that assumption.

Authors Bio:

OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.