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Of all the pressing and important issues in the world, arguably the single greatest immediate issue is the hyper-concentration of power in society. There are many important and even urgent issues to be dealt with, but if the excessive concentration of power in society is not addressed, we will not be able to successfully deal with any of the other issues.


What is rapidly emerging world-wide is a form of society that can be called corporatism: the merger of business and the state. It is a form of society that is profoundly anti-democratic, and threatens all our rights and freedoms, as well as the possibility of a decent life for all - in fact, it now threatens all life on earth. That order is most accurately described as corporate fascism.

“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” - Mussolini

The merger of state and corporate power is precisely what is unfolding now. Not only has economic power become increasingly concentrated, in fact, hyper-concentrated, and globally so, but the power of large corporations and the investment class which controls them has grown so staggering as to overshadow and dominate all other powers in society - including the media, the democratic process and governments at all levels, around the world.

The SFAN has been created to provide an open space for discussion, sharing of ideas and information, and connecting with one another to spark meaningful, effective action to protect democracy, human rights and freedom, and to stop the madness of corporate fascism which is emerging with frightening speed across the planet. It is time to stand. Please join us on our official site at http://www.StopFascism.com .

The challenge of our time, the threat to democracy, peace and justice, will take a strong united coalition built from the grassroots in order to be successfully met. It will require of us the ability to transcend our differences, and to find common ground and common purpose, despite our diversity - and in fact, our union will be stronger for our diversity. We need not agree on everything. We need only to agree on enough that we can work together to protect and to deepen democracy, freedom and human rights, and to defend these common values from their greatest threat today: the emergence of global corporate fascism. The challenge that confronts us transcends notions of right and left. It requires of us that we build bridges where none may have seemed possible. We need to get together on the basics - liberty, democracy, and our most fundamental of human rights. If we do not come together on the basics, we will lose these basic things we thought enshrined forever.

If we come together as Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Liberals, Conservatives, Progressives and Radicals we can defeat these threats to human rights, freedom and democracy. All that is essential to our union is that we agree on two things: democracy is preferable to fascism, and democracy is now under attack. If we can recognize this most basic common ground, then we can form a union, a grassroots coalition, that is united across its great diversity on this one goal: the defense of democracy. If we can come together across the various lines of ideology, race, class, gender, geography, culture and religion, forming a united force rooted in this one shared value, and this one goal - to protect liberty, democracy and fundamental human rights - we can create the broadest, most powerful citizen’s movement the world has seen. This is precisely what we need to do.

Written by J. Todd Ring ( Reprinted with his permission )

http://jtoddring.wordpress.com/

Sincerely,

Robert R. ( SFAN Founder )
http://www.StopFascism.com

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