On the very day I read this article about the inhumane treatment of desperate refugees in Germany, I hear right wing rants about Little Rhode Island being " overwhelmed " by ILLEGAL ALIENS. The hysteria in the Talk Radio callers reminds me of the 1950s McCarthy era cult movie " The Invasion of the Body Snatchers ". The first hysterical voice noticed just " too many Spanish speakers " in the Warwick Mall.
Capitalist private property rights rule out decent housing for thousands of the chronically homeless here. Homeless people in Kennedy Plaza protest against routine police harassment. Looking down on them is towering vacant skyscraper called " The Superman Building ". We must respect the OWNER's property !
A 67 year old friend of mine is " living " presently in his 20 year old Lincoln town car. His meager SSI money is making it impossible to afford the CHEAPEST rooms here. He has applied for public housing.... waiting, waiting , waiting ".
I guess old Karl Marx was right : " working people have no country ". How many distinct nation states are visible from the Moon ? Do you see Hungary ? Austria ? Syria ? Iraq ?
To be sure, a future Great Plague will scowl at ALL national-patriotic borders. Let us hope that Socialists Without Borders are not as rare and endangered as Doctors Without Borders.
Capitalist private property rights rule out decent housing for thousands of the chronically homeless here. Homeless people in Kennedy Plaza protest against routine police harassment. Looking down on them is towering vacant skyscraper called " The Superman Building ". We must respect the OWNER's property !
A 67 year old friend of mine is " living " presently in his 20 year old Lincoln town car. His meager SSI money is making it impossible to afford the CHEAPEST rooms here. He has applied for public housing.... waiting, waiting , waiting ".
I guess old Karl Marx was right : " working people have no country ". How many distinct nation states are visible from the Moon ? Do you see Hungary ? Austria ? Syria ? Iraq ?
To be sure, a future Great Plague will scowl at ALL national-patriotic borders. Let us hope that Socialists Without Borders are not as rare and endangered as Doctors Without Borders.
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