[Peace-discuss] Belden Field's suggestions

[Susan Parenti]

> I have a conflict on Monday nights, but I think that the distinctive  
> thing about Occupy is that it deeps the focus on class, including  
> the unemployed and the poor--as opposed to just the middle class.   
> Even the labor unions don't do this well, especially the building  
> trades.  One thing I think that Occupy could do is stimulate a  
> campaign for the ratification of the 1966 International Covenant on  
> Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.  Jimmy Carter signed it in  
> 1977, but the US Senate has refused to ratify it. Most of the  
> countries in the world have ratified it, but not the US.  Please  
> take the time to read the document.  It is am important one that is  
> detested by those who insist that human rights be limited to  
> political/civil rights, and that the only economic rights are the  
> rights to private property and free trade.
>
> Bon courage,,
>
> Belden
>