A Three-Pronged Strategy for an Independent Opposition to the Global Warfare and Corporate Welfare State

At the Huffington Post, Kevin Zeese calls on Americans to declare independence, and proposes a three pronged strategy to foster active and effective opposition to the two-party state and duopoly system of government:

First, we need independent media. Web based outlets like this one are a critical ingredient to the success of advocacy efforts. Like so many businesses in the United States, the media is controlled by concentrated group of corporations. A handful of companies own all the hundreds of television stations on your cable TV. The same is true of radio stations. More and more newspapers are part of syndicates. These conglomerates has resulted in homogenized that only reports a concentrated corporate perspective. . . .

This leads me to the second area of independence we need - independent political movements. Throughout history it has been independent movements that made paradigm shifting change happen. . . . The Obama era has shown many Americans that advocacy groups that work hand in glove with the Democratic Party sell out their base and claim false victories. . . . This is happening on issue after issue - corporations win, the people lose, and organizations supposedly working for the peoples necessities claim victory while selling Americans out. . . .

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Americans need to declare their independence from two parties dominated by concentrated corporate power. Both parties take tens of millions from big business interests every year, elected officials, their staff members and sometimes their spouses profit going to work for corporations they "regulate" in the revolving door between government and concentrated corporate interests, receiving big checks for serving on their boards and feeding off the trough of crony capitalism. . . .

This weekend - Declare Your Independence - and work for the real change we need.