np: action?

[Guy Ian Scott Pursey]

"The question now is whether Obama will have the courage to take the
ideas that won him this election and turn them into policy. Or,
alternately, whether he will use the financial crisis to rationalize a
move to what pundits call "the middle" (if there is one thing this
election has proved, it is that the real middle is far to the left of
its previously advertised address). Predictably, Obama is already coming
under enormous pressure to break his election promises, particularly
those relating to raising taxes on the wealthy and imposing real
environmental regulations on polluters. All day on the business
networks, we hear that, in light of the economic crisis, corporations
need lower taxes, and fewer regulations-in other words, more of the
same.

"The new president's only hope of resisting this campaign being waged by
the elites is if the remarkable grassroots movement that carried him to
victory can somehow stay energized, networked, mobilized-and most of
all, critical. Now that the election has been won, this movement's new
missions should be clear: loudly holding Obama to his campaign promises,
and letting the Democrats know that there will be consequences for
betrayal. [...]

 

"It's not too late to halt the robbery in progress, but it cannot wait
until inauguration. Several great initiatives to shift the nature of the
bailout are already underway, including http://bailoutmainstreet.com. I
added my name to the "Call to Action: Time for a 21st Century Green
America" and invite you to do the same."

 

>From

http://www.naomiklein.org/articles/2008/11/real-change-depends-stopping-
bailout-profiteers

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