A Delaration of (Class) War

WHEREAS those who hold the real power in America have committed numerous acts of war, and
WHEREAS the same persons decry any protest against such acts as class warfare,and
WHEREAS the people of these United State of America long ago committed themselves to justice, domestic tranquility, equality, and the pursuit of happiness:

BE IT RESOLVED THAT a State of War exists between those who own the power, known as the Class of 1% and the great and ordinary Citizens of America.

The Shadow Government
Those who hold power in today's America have created a system which benefits only themselves. Over the last 30 years, beginning with thear saint Reagan, they have bought every piece of our national government, with rare exceptions. Every Congress person, every Senator, nearly every Supreme Court Justice, every President in the last thirty years has been owned by The Corpoatocracy.

On some level, most Americans know this, see the pointlessness of voting, and stay home at election time.
Most citizens are blinded by managed (or wholly fabricated) news; so numbed by the blurring of reality and fantasy in our entertainment, so sickened and wreakened by an adulterated food system, and lack of health-promoting care to take action.

The Crimes and Acts of War Against the Citizens
1. The deliberate crashing of the economy by the finance moguls of Wall Street
2. The exthortion of billions in bailout funds from the ordinary citizens-victims of their financial schemes
3. The militarization of local police forces
4. The blatant attempt to eliminate the middle class, and expansion of the under clas to serve the every need of Robber Baron class through
such means as:
* Undocumented foreclosure of working families' property
* Attempts to destroy collective bargains rights of hard working citizens
* Sitting on billions in bailout funds, lent to the banks by citizens, and denying loans to those seeking to rebuild lives
* The blatant and coordinated denial of free speech and assembly rights of citizens
* The purposeful creation of permanent unemployment for our young citizens, leading to hopelessness

The Struggle Against the Monied-Corpoate-Privelaged Class
Non-violence must be the only course of action in this class war. Otherwise we descend to same pit of our opponents. I stand with Ghandi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, The Christ on this issue.

Thoughts on Goals for the Revolution
* An end to the policy of Perpetual War, which bankrupts us financially and morally
* An end to unlimited private funding of election campaigns.
* Repeal of the War Powers Act
* The break-up or nationalization of all banks, investment banks, and other financial institutions of a size to be determined
* A Constitution Convention that re-asserts the primacy of real, living people over the imaged corporate personhood
* Establishment of a simple, progressive income tax system, which prohibits corporation from hiding income by 'off-shoring' it
* Establishment of a powerful SEC which has veto power over issuance of murky 'derivative' securities

This is meant to be a beginning; a vehicle for dialog. It is not complete, and is my personal Delcaration of Class war. So much has gone wrong with Americam Dream. Democracy, true of the people, by the peopl, and for the people, is in trouble, but not dead yet.

Let us begin to rebuild.
In Peace and Solidarity,
Steve Clidas