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Dana Cloud

Associate professor of communication studies at the University of Texas at Austin, member of the International Socialist Organization.

Suffering people the world over need a special “Pledge.”

“I pledge allegiance to all the ordinary people around the world, to the laid off Enron workers and the World Com workers, the maquiladora workers and the sweatshop workers from New York to Indonesia, who labor not under God but under the heel of multinational corporations; I pledge allegiance to the people of Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan, and to their struggles to survive and resist slavery to corporate greed, brutal wars against their families, and the economic and environmental ruin wrought by global capitalism. I pledge allegiance to building a better world where human needs are met and with real liberty, equality and justice for all.”

http://www.aim.org/wls/author/dana-cloud/

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Dana Cloud

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance is strange.

“It seems very strange to pledge loyalty to a scrap of cloth representing a corrupt nation.”

Source: The Professors

http://www.aim.org/wls/author/dana-cloud/

[VeniVidiVici]

I pledge allegiance to all the ordinary people around the world, to the laid off Enron workers and the World Com workers, the maquiladora workers and the sweatshop workers from New York to Indonesia, who labor not under God but under the heel of multinational corporations;

Funny how these worthless academics never START their own corporation to right these wrongs and employ these downtrodden, helpless workers.

They'd rather mouth off in self-importance then actually put into practice what they preach.

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Dana Cloud

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance is strange.

“It seems very strange to pledge loyalty to a scrap of cloth representing a corrupt nation.”

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Dear Ms. Cloud. You are free to depart this horrible, corrupt nation at any time. Please know we will not miss you.

Love,

The People of the Republic of the United States of America.