No. 18 July 4, 2021 CONTENTS - July 4 and the Battle of Democracy

Constitution which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of 3 the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The wording separates the government and the people, just as the expression "we the people" is ta. [...] This Covenant to rule over the people and the need to conciliate interests is at the heart of all the theories of constitution and constitutional rule in the U. [...] The rulers, by defining the people as the government and separating the governing from the governed, are acting to block the people from vesting the 4 supreme power in themselves. [...] The letter explains the plight of the refugees today and the state of human rights violations at the hands of the U. [...] But rule remained in the hands of the oligarchy and the system of wage-slavery remained and was expanded -- a system so incompatible with the requirements of today that it can no longer even sort out the conflicts within the ranks of the oligarchy, thus ever raising the danger of civil war at home and more imperialist war abroad.