“The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?” PeopleKnowsPlayJobsPoliticalSufferingGamesCan DoClassEconomyTeacherMiddleRight NowWeakWorkersMiddle ClassPocketsConstructionVeteranCan Do SomethingConstruction WorkersPolitical Games Author:David Plouffe
“In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.” PeopleWorldHumansPoliticalVisionRightsTablesWorkersHuman RightsStrikesCelebrateExceptionSustainabilityRepresentativesNormPolitical SystemsNew VisionWorkers Rights Author:Justin Sane
“While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.” KindChildrenLittlesWantedPoliticalJesusSocialChristChristianityDogMessagesWorkersDivinityOrthodoxBe KindSocial WorkerOld LadyOrthodox ChristianitySmall Dogs Author:N. T. Wright
“The anarchists put the thing upside down. They declare that the proletarian revolution must begin by doing away with the political organization of the state. But to destroy it at such a moment would be to destroy the only organism by means of which the victorious proletariat can assert its newly-conquered power, hold down its capitalist adversaries, and carry out that economic revolution of society without which the whole victory must end in a new defeat and a mass slaughter of the workers similar to those after the Paris commune.” MeanEndsStatesWholeMomentsWould BePoliticalEconomicRevolutionVictoryMassOrganizationWorkersDefeatParisAnarchyCapitalistOrganismsAdversariesAnarchismAnarchistSlaughterUpside DownProletariatCommunesThings Upside Down Author:Friedrich Engels
“To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.” ArtReasonPoliticalArtistImpossibleProducePureWorkers Book:Some Versions of Pastoral Source: Some Versions of Pastoral
“There are but three political-economic roads from which we can choose... We could take the first course and further exacerbate the already concentrated ownership of productive capital in the American economy. Or we could join the rest of the world by taking the second path, that of nationalization. Or we can take the third road, establishing policies to diffuse capital ownership broadly, so that many individuals, particularly workers, can participate as owners of industrial capital. The choice is ours.” WorldFirstsPoliticalChoicesThreeCoursesPoliticsIndividualEconomyPathEconomicPolicyThirdsWorkersLiberalismProductiveOwnersOwnershipAmerican Economy Author:Russell B. Long
“However, if we leave the industrial machinery and their energy-distribution networks and leave them also all the people who have routine jobs operating the industrial machinery and distributing its products, and we take away from all the industrial countries all their ideologies and all the politicians and political machine workers, people would keep right on eating. Possibly getting on a little better than before.” PeopleIfsLittlesCountryWisdomJobsPoliticalEnergyProductsPoliticianEatingMachinesWorkersIdeologyRoutineDistributionMachinery Book:Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity Source: Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
“I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land.” HumorPoliticalHoursLandPrayingWorkersPermitLunchEmployersPolitical HumorTime Off Author:George W. Bush