Tag: Liberty

Australian Politics

The French Revolution Is Still a Work in Progress

In the spirit of the French Revolution Australians are obliged to vote YES to The Voice and YES to a Republic if Democracy is to have any real meaning. The birth of this country was and continues to be far from Democratic and the LNP ensures us that it must stay that way.

The return of revolutionary symbols expresses an old French passion for equality. The Republic only makes sense if it organizes popular sovereignty and if it is social. To fight for a vibrant democracy, for more justice, for more equality, is in keeping with French history.

Source: The French Revolution Is Still a Work in Progress

Changing Rules

Statue of Liberty, R. I. P.: Trump and the End of Citizenship

Here in the United States, where the Statue of Liberty has been a welcoming beacon for more than a century, the Trump administration’s response has not just been a fierce aversion to the return of such people, but the use of one of them to help redefine ever more narrowly the very idea of citizenship, of who belongs to this country. In the rejection of the citizenship of a former ISIS bride with child, the president and his advisors have, in an unprecedented way, refused to uphold the rights of U.S.-born citizens, let alone naturalized ones.

via Statue of Liberty, R. I. P.: Trump and the End of Citizenship

TPP

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Threatens Our Liberty | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Economic theory holds that removing trade barriers among nations should increase global wealth. But the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership that Congress must soon give a straight up-or-down vote threatens our liberties as Americans and is likely to add almost nothing to U.S. economic growth. I have been a longtime critic of the agreement, especially since WikiLeaks obtained a draft of its intellectual property provisions, showed a clear bias in favor of corporations.

Source: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Threatens Our Liberty | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community