• Healthcare for all
Medicare for all is a compromise. Don’t settle for
half-measures.
• A minimum standard of living for everyone
A higher minimum wage is good. A guaranteed standard of
living
would be transformative.
• End the wars
War is the racket ($$$). Peace is the answer.
MC/DS : Money - Corruption / Demands - Solutions
- Follow the money. Always.
- Call out the corruption; relentlessly.
- Have robust demands (dial them up to eleven!)
- Good demands lead to good solutions.
Both major political parties are thoroughly corrupt and only serve
the interests of billionaires and large corporations. Educating
people about this difficult reality is a crucial first step. But
what is step two?
The Eleven Demands strategy proposes the
formation of a mass movement
centered around a coherent, concise set of demands,
and the convergence
of direct action, mutual aid, and electoral efforts to achieve a better
world.
Everyone knows that big money & corruption are
running the show. It's time for the 99% to be clear about our demands
and insist on real solutions.
The Eleven Demands Collective is a gathering of individuals who
have reached the inevitable conclusion that money and corruption are
the root causes that drive all other issues. Our mission:
Educate people on the deep corruption in the system, how it
crosses partisan and ideological lines, and the core problem that must
be addressed: big money in politics and government
In the online world, be a constant presence with our
message, and urge all streamer-hosts to identify the core problem (the
money) and then call for the solutions (as outlined in Demand #1)
In the real world, organize direct actions and protests to
call out our so-called representatives as servants of the top 0.1%, and
demand revolutionary reforms
Every discussion of any major issue should finish with MC/DS - Money - Corruption / Demands -
Solutions. Any discussion that does not finish there is a missed
opportunity. The endgame is to reach a critical mass of people
thinking this way and demanding an end to the corruption; a broad
movement that is too big to ignore.
Ask every candidate and representative: Do you support
these
demands? What are you doing to enact them? If
they're not on board then call them out as what they
are:
"Corrupt".
Provide zero support for Democrats and Republicans until
they start
enacting the demands. No votes, no money, no praise.
Provide all possible support and aid to third party and
independent
candidates who embrace the demands. Any serious candidate should
already be calling out our current representatives as corrupt.
When roadblocks are encountered, intensify direct
actions:
Protests, general strikes, sit-ins, boycotts.
Be relentless about pointing out the real source of our
problems: The billionaires and the mega-corporations. It's
the top 0.1% vs. the rest of us. That is the fight.
Mutual Aid / Direct Action, or Electoral
Politics?
Rather than framing these as being in competition, let's talk about
doing both, working together. Neither one alone will be
sufficient to get the systemic changes we need. The corporate
establishment loves to separate us into bickering camps, talking down
what others are doing. Let's collaborate on how mutual aid /
direct action and a demands-based strategy can be
combined, with a
list of demands connecting them.
Check out our great conversation about MC/DS and Eleven Demands
with Jaybefaunt:
Crime and Politics - Ep 5 - Demands
About the intersection of criminal justice and political corruption,
and the systemic solutions we need.
With hosts Eric & Cory:
"Eleven Demands" or "11 Demands"? Using "Eleven Demands" is preferred because the website URL is spelled that way, but we'll mention "11 Demands" here so that if people search for that phrase we'll get a match. :)
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