Capitalism: A Love Story Page #15

and remunerative job;

The right to earn enough to provide

adequate food

and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer

to raise and sell his products

at a return which will

give him and his family

a decent living;

The right of every businessman

large and small

to trade in an atmosphere of freedom,

freedom from unfair competition

and domination

by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family

to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care

and the opportunity to achieve

and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection

from the economic fears

of old age,

sickness, accidents

and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security.

And after this war is won,

we must be prepared

to move forward

in the implementation

of these rights

to new goals of human happiness

and wellbeing.

For unless there is security

here at home,

there cannot be lasting peace

in the world.

Moore:
Roosevelt would be dead

in little over a year.

He would not live to see

the end of the war.

Nor would there be any enactment

of his new Bill of Rights.

Had he lived and succeeded,

every American,

regardless of race,

would have had a right

to a decent job...

a livable wage...

universal health care...

a good education...

an affordable home...

a paid vacation...

and an adequate pension.

None of this would come to pass.

No American would be

guaranteed any of this.

But the people of Europe and Japan

got every one of these rights.

How did that happen?

After the war, the people

of Roosevelt's administration

went overseas

to help rebuild Europe.

During this time new constitutions

were written

for the defeated nations

of Germany, ltaly and Japan.

The ltalian constitution

guaranteed all women equal rights.

And this was 1947.

The German constitution

said that the state has the right

to take over property

and the means of production

for the common good.

And here's what we wrote up

for the Japanese.

All workers have a right

to organize into a union.

And academic freedom

is guaranteed.

For the next 65 years

we would not become the country

that Roosevelt wanted us to be.

lnstead, we became this...

l remember thinking

during the Katrina flood,

''Why is it always the poor

who have to suffer the misery?

Why isn't it ever Bernie Madoff

up on the roof

screaming for help?

Or the head of Citibank

or the hedge fund guys

at Goldman Sachs?

Or the CEO at AlG?''

lt never is these guys, is it?

lt's always those who

never got a slice of the pie

because these men

took it all

and left them with nothing,

left them to die.

l refuse to live in a country like this.

And l'm not leaving.

We live in the richest

country in the world.

We all deserve a decent job,

healthcare, a good education,

a home to call our own.

We all deserve FDR's dream.

And it's a crime that we don't have it.

And we never will,

as long as we have a system

that enriches the few

at the expense of the many.

Capitalism is an evil.

And you cannot regulate evil.

You have to eliminate it

and replace it with something

that is good for all people.

And that something

is called democracy.

Crimes have been committed

in this building.

l am here to make a citizen's arrest.

Please come down

and step away from the building.

Do not be afraid.

Federal prison is a nice place.

You know,

l can't really do this anymore

unless those of you who

are watching this in the theater

want to join me.

l hope you will.

And please, speed it up.

Arise ye workers

from your slumber

Arise ye prisoners of want,

that's right

For reason in revolt

now thunders

Chains of hatred, greed

and fear

Away with all

your superstitions

Servile masses arise, arise

We'll change henceforth

the old tradition

And spurn the dust

to win the prize

So comrades, come on and rally

And the last fight let us face

The lnternationale

Unites the whole darn

human race

So comrades, come on

Let's go rally

And the last fight let us face

The lnternationale

Unites the whole darn human race

No more deluded by reaction

On tyrants only we'll make war

The soldiers too will take strike action

They'll break ranks and fight no more

And if those cannibals keep trying

To sacrifice us to their pride

Each at the forge must do their duty

And we'll strike while the iron is hot

So comrades, come on, let's go rally

And the last fight let us face

The lnternationale

Unites the whole beautiful

human race

So comrades, come on, let's go rally

And the last fight let us face

The lnternationale

Unites the whole darn

human race.

Jesus Christ was a man

That traveled through the land

A carpenter true and brave

And he said to the rich

Give your goods to the poor

And they laid Jesus Christ

in the grave

He went to the sick

And he went to the poor

And he went to the hungry

And the lame

And he said that the meek

Would inherit the whole world

And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

One day Jesus stopped

At a rich man's door

What must l do to be saved?

Take all you own

And give it to the poor

And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

When the love of the poor

Shall one day turn to hate

When the patience of the workers

Gives away

lt would better for the rich

lf they'd never been born

So they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

When Jesus came to town

All the working folks around

Believed what he did say

But bankers and preachers

Nailed him to the cross

And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

Well, the people held their breath

When they heard about his death

And everybody wondered why

lt was the landlord and soldiers

Lawmen they had hired

That nailed Jesus Christ in the sky

We would lay Jesus Christ

ln the grave, Lord, Lord

We would lay Jesus Christ

in the grave

lf Jesus preached today

Like he preached in Galilee

They would lay Jesus Christ

in his grave.

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