This being “Holy Week” preceding
“Easter Week,” we thought it might be appropriate to highlight a publication
of the Center for Economic and Social Justice
(CESJ), Easter Witness: From Broken Dream to a New
Vision for Ireland:
As the short video hints, the
Easter Rising began on Monday, April 24, 1916 and ended less than a week later,
to all appearances a blood-drenched fiasco. Easter
Witness, however, takes the story further, giving the political and
economic context of the Rising.
What makes Easter Witness unique and relevant for
today, however, is that it concludes by presenting the outline of a proposal
that has the potential to make Ireland a global model for systemic reform
offering a more just and humane future for all.
This is a program of expanded capital ownership that would secure to
every child, woman, and man the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and
private property.
This, in the words of R.
Buckminster Fuller, would “make the world work for 100% of humanity in the
shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological
offense or the disadvantage of anyone.” Even
now, Ireland has the opportunity to establish and maintain a more free and just
market system for the benefit of everyone in Ireland. It would make Ireland a global model for the
21st Century for people throughout the world who desire economic and social as
well as political freedom.
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