IN SUPPORT OF A 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS
Alan Minsky, Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), and Professor Harvey J Kaye have authored three articles calling on all progressive candidates and officeholders to support a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights, with the goal of making it the official policy of a revitalized Democratic Party. Here are the three articles by Minsky and Kaye:
A Call for All Progressive Candidates and Officeholders to Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights – February 23, 2022
Why Should Progressives Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights? Because They Already Do – April 6, 2022
The Time Has Come for Progressives to Rescue and Renew American Democracy – April 25, 2022
MEDIA APPEARANCES BY MINSKY AND KAYE IN SUPPORT OF A 21ST CENTURY BILL OF RIGHTS
The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow – March 10, 2022
The Benjamin Dixon Morning Show: Can an Economic Bill of Rights Win Elections – March 30, 2022
Hello Somebody with Nina Turner – April 5, 2022 – complete podcast
Krystal, Kyle & Friends – May 14, 2022 – complete podcast
Krystal, Kyle & Friends – May 15, 2022 – video clip from the conversation
The Majority Report w/ San Seder (interview begins at 37:35) – May 25, 2022
HERE’S THE LATEST ITERATION OF MINSKY AND KAYE’S PROPOSED 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS
A 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights will guarantee all people residing in the United States the right to the essentials of a good life regardless of their income, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or country of origin.
A 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights will establish that all Americans are entitled to:
1. A useful job that pays a living wage.
2. A voice in the workplace through a union and collective bargaining.
3. Comprehensive quality health care.
4. Complete cost-free public education and access to broadband internet.
5. Decent, safe, affordable housing.
6. A clean environment and a healthy planet.
7. A meaningful endowment of resources at birth, and a secure retirement.
8. Sound banking and financial services.
9. An equitable and economically fair justice system
10. Recreation and participation in civic and democratic life.
SUPPLEMENTAL AND SUPPORTIVE ARTICLES AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
We Urgently Need an Economic Bill of Rights—One That Includes the Disabled by Dylan Brown
Progressives Call On Democrats to Endorse 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights by Jenna McGuire
An Economic Bill of Rights for the 21st Century by William Darrity Jr, Mark Paul, and Derrick Hamilton
