To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Observercast

Grassroots Democracy-Building In Iowa

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER As Henrik Ibsen said: “You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.” Democracy is never given to us, but has to be won through constant struggle against the elites who keep scheming to siphon ever more of society’s money and power into their own hands. A Woody Guthrie song about outlaws tells this story in one stanza: As through this world I’ve wandered […]

Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
Populist author, public speaker and radio commentator Jim Hightower writes "The Hightower Lowdown," a monthly newsletter chronicling the ongoing fights by America's ordinary people against rule by plutocratic elites. Sign up at JimHightower.substack.com.