Second Circle: the Middle Majority of Working People
A Simple Spin Wheel Model to Build Alliance and Power across the Soft “Left and Right”
(Because the divide is artificial: sane working people have more in common than difference)
By Partha Banerjee
Short Description: There are more overlaps than divides among the moderate “left and right” working people. Creating broad-based alliance and synergy across this democracy, equality and justice spectrum is critical today.
Long Description: Working people who consider themselves moderate "left" or 'right" have more overlaps than differences. Below are a few examples -- the moderate working people feel similarly and strongly about the following:
1. Economic disparity and frustrations on social mobility: living wages, unpredictable workplace, loss of health care, education costs for children, loss of home and savings, and consequent psychological trauma and depression are major issues.
2. Feeling of being left out: not being a part of the election-time promises to be included in democratic processes.
3. Discontent on lack of peace, right, justice and human dignity issues: state repression, global warfare and poverty issues hit the average home.
4. Helplessness on destruction of the earth and environment: the BP disaster, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan and Iraq wars are examples.
5. Fast-worsening stability and security situation for the children: terrorism and violence are all-time high.
Can the poor, working man and woman strengthen themselves to a position of power? Can we empower the Middle Majority -- which I call the Second Circle -- driven by coalition building across the working class, political education, and will power, in a non-violent way? What are the obstacles?
I propose a simple "spin wheel" model to create cooperation and collaboration across the moderate left and right working class spectrum, eventually empowering the Second Circle middle majority, and through the process, disempowering the iron-walled elite center and separatist and violent far right and far left. I believe that with evolving action plans (including but not limited to elections), moderate working people will win and assume power.
The artificial left-right divide is deliberately created by the forces in power aided by corporate media; it's been detrimental for the working class people and families. It's time we go beyond the archaic box and come together.
