A Freedom Budget for All Americans
Recapturing the Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in the Struggle for Economic Justice Today
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Civil Rights
| Author: | Paul Le Blanc, Michael D. Yates | ISBN: | 9781583673621 |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press | Publication: | August 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Le Blanc, Michael D. Yates |
| ISBN: | 9781583673621 |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press |
| Publication: | August 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press |
| Language: | English |
While the Civil Rights Movement is remembered for efforts to end segregation and secure the rights of African Americans, the larger economic vision that animated much of the movement is often overlooked today. That vision sought economic justice for every person in the United States, regardless of race. It favored production for social use instead of profit; social ownership; and democratic control over major economic decisions. The document that best captured this vision was the Freedom Budget for All Americans: Budgeting Our Resources, 1966-1975, To Achieve Freedom from Want published by the A. Philip Randolph Institute and endorsed by a virtual ‘who’s who’ of U.S. left liberalism and radicalism.
While the Civil Rights Movement is remembered for efforts to end segregation and secure the rights of African Americans, the larger economic vision that animated much of the movement is often overlooked today. That vision sought economic justice for every person in the United States, regardless of race. It favored production for social use instead of profit; social ownership; and democratic control over major economic decisions. The document that best captured this vision was the Freedom Budget for All Americans: Budgeting Our Resources, 1966-1975, To Achieve Freedom from Want published by the A. Philip Randolph Institute and endorsed by a virtual ‘who’s who’ of U.S. left liberalism and radicalism.
