{"id":41465,"date":"2025-05-26T13:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41465"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:08:03","slug":"21st-century-economic-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/21st-century-economic-bill-of-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"21st Century Economic Bill of Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IN SUPPORT OF A 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;policy of a revitalized Democratic Party.&nbsp; Here are the three articles&nbsp;by Minsky and Kaye:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2022\/02\/23\/call-all-progressive-candidates-and-officeholders-embrace-21st-century-economic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Call for&nbsp;All&nbsp;Progressive Candidates and Officeholders to Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2022\/04\/06\/why-should-progressives-embrace-21st-century-economic-bill-rights-because-they\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Should Progressives Embrace a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights? Because They Already Do<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 April 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2022\/04\/25\/time-has-come-progressives-rescue-and-renew-american-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Time Has Come for Progressives to Rescue and Renew American Democracy<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 April 25, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MEDIA APPEARANCES BY MINSKY AND KAYE IN SUPPORT OF A 21ST CENTURY BILL OF RIGHTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZQDPDw4c-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow \u2013 March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NMiAbdrBe4Y\">The Benjamin Dixon Morning Show: Can an Economic Bill of Rights Win Elections \u2013 March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/lets-have-a-prosperous-middle-class-with-dr-harvey\/id1513745000?i=1000558244799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hello Somebody with Nina Turner \u2013 April 5, 2022 \u2013 complete podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-72-harvey-kaye-and-alan-minsky\/id1547098165?i=1000561371026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Krystal, Kyle &amp; Friends \u2013 May 14, 2022 \u2013 complete podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oJaBh9BXQ6I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Krystal, Kyle &amp; Friends \u2013 May 15, 2022 \u2013 video clip from the conversation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aujCusmXJgQ\">The Majority Report w\/ San Seder (interview begins at 37:35) \u2013 May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HERE\u2019S THE LATEST ITERATION OF MINSKY AND KAYE\u2019S PROPOSED 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights will establish that all Americans are entitled to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. A useful job that pays a living wage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. A voice in the workplace through a union and collective bargaining.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Comprehensive quality health care.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Complete cost-free public education and access to broadband internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Decent, safe, affordable housing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. A clean environment and a healthy planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. A meaningful endowment of resources at birth, and a secure retirement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. Sound banking and financial services.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. An equitable and economically fair justice system<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Recreation and participation in civic and democratic life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SUPPLEMENTAL AND SUPPORTIVE ARTICLES AND MEDIA APPEARANCES<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2022\/04\/07\/we-urgently-need-economic-bill-rights-one-includes-disabled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Urgently Need an Economic Bill of Rights\u2014One That Includes the Disabled<\/a>&nbsp;by Dylan Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/02\/10\/progressives-call-democrats-endorse-21st-century-economic-bill-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Progressives Call On Democrats to Endorse 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights<\/a>&nbsp;by Jenna McGuire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/economy\/economic-bill-rights-21st-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Economic Bill of Rights for the 21st Century<\/a>&nbsp;by William Darrity Jr, Mark Paul, and Derrick Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More at:  <a href=\"https:\/\/pdamerica.org\/economicbillofrights\/\">https:\/\/pdamerica.org\/economicbillofrights\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/21st-century-economic-bill-of-rights\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41466,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41465\/revisions\/41466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}