As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it's time to stay clear-headed -- and fight back

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As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it's time to stay clear-headed — and fight backThe Supreme Court's late-night eviction decision was no anomaly — it's part of a blitzkrieg against democracy

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA at Salon

PUBLISHED AUGUST 31, 2021 6:00AM (EDT)

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/31/as-the-right-ramps-up-the-cruelty-and-dread-its-time-to-stay-clear-headed--and-fight-back/

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Last Thursday night, the Republican-dominated Supreme Court decided to literally throw thousands of Americans into the streets by ending the Biden administration's moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. This is a manmade humanitarian disaster, in which millions of people could be rendered homeless during a plague and a devastated economy.

Meanwhile, a local school board in Waukesha, Wisconsin, decided it would no longer feed poor students meals for free, "citing a desire to return to pre-pandemic operations," as the Washington Post reports. One board member "said the free program made it easy for families to 'become spoiled,'" while an assistant superintendent said "there could be a 'slow addiction' to the service."

In this moment I will add my voice to the chorus: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

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The effect of the decades-long right-wing assaults on society and the very idea of the common good is to create a state of confusion, exhaustion, trauma and learned helplessness. The problems become so large and unmanageable that resistance feels futile.

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1. And the alternative to powerlessness and dread from FDR:

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/31/as-the-right-ramps-up-the-cruelty-and-dread-its-time-to-stay-clear-headed--and-fight-back/

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In his 1944 State of the Union address, Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what would become known as the Second Bill of Rights. It included:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

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;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

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