Political and Catastrophic Climate Chaos, join with

Caroline in welcoming Robert Ovetz, author of

“We the Elites -Why the US Constitution serves the few.”

 

Ovetz examines the Constitution for what it is – a rulebook for elites to protect capitalism from democracy. Social movements have misplaced faith in the Constitution as a tool for achieving justice when it actually impedes social change through the many roadblocks and obstructions we call ‘checks and balances’. This stymies urgent progress on issues like labor rights, poverty, public health and climate change, propelling the American people and rest of the world towards destruction.

 

Robert Ovetz’s reading of the Constitution shows that the system isn’t broken. Far from it. It works as it was intended. Robert Ovetz is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at San Jose State University. He is also author of “When Workers Shot Back” & editor of Workers’ Inquiry and Global Class Struggle.”