Welcome to
People for a New Society
Who we are...
We are from all parts of
the
country, and from a wide variety of backgrounds. We are computer techs
and nurses; teachers and postal workers; designers and cashiers;
hairdressers and
delivery drivers; healthcare providers and construction laborers.
We
are unemployed or hold two jobs. We depend on
our paycheck to live, feel stressed out by too many hours, or too
few. We worry about
our future, or the future for our children. We are in college, or in
prison; we are retired or disabled. We live in suburban developments or
in cities; in an apartment or a house; pay rent or a mortgage.
We are
different in so many ways, but also alike. We must all work for a
living and are all part of the same class. Without us, nothing could
happen. Nothing produced, nothing improved, nothing fixed. Together,
we make it all work, but know we could be doing better. We believe we
can do what needs to be done, and are tired of hearing we can't. Being
promised
things will change, but nothing really does. We finally
realize we can either
keep repeating what hasn't worked, keep voting for the lesser of two
evils and complaining. Or we can come together to build a new movement
with a new goal. Replace what we have with what we want. We know we can
do better, and we are ready to begin.
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Why we are here...
Something brought us here
to this
website. We are all looking for real
change and a path to get it. We understand the society we have now is
governed by certain realities and laws. We understand the economics of
capitalism operate within the rules of profit and competition and the
constant goal of greater exploitation and control of natural
resources
and human labor.
We know, too, there is a
tension between what
people
want and need, and what the 'market forces' actually produce: chaos,
insecurity, war and crisis. We know that the political and legal
institutions are meant to control these excesses which are dangerous to
humanity and our environment, but ultimately they cannot. We know
we are running out of time and illusions. We have tried electing 'good
people' and protesting 'bad policies'. We now admit, finally,
none of it
has worked. We realize our problems have gotten far beyond our ability
to ignore them or to continue a 'wait and see' approach. We know
something real must be done.
Our history is replete with failed attempts to balance what we want and need, with an economic system based on goals in diametric opposition. Our politics are replete with reform promises that ultimately do nothing, or the wrong thing, or too little too late. We are ready to stop repeating these failures and ready for a new direction. This website is for us. We need a New Society and a strategy to get there. It will not be quick, but it will be rewarding. We are ready to begin.
