Like
so many that care about their country, Ronald D. Glotta
believes that America is on the wrong road. But he
is clear: we’re not meandering down the road,
we’re being driven by powerful forces that clearly
want to take us there. In The Road to Hell Is Not
Paved With Good Intentions, he outlines the reasons
we are on that road, and gives some clear prescriptions
for progressives who want to have a real impact on
the direction of this country and the world.
Excerpts From Road to Hell: “The African-American community, intentionally
and sometimes unintentionally, is central to developing
and demonstrating a moral vision for America. Whether
it’s Aretha turning every song into a freedom
song, or Venus and Serena exploding sports stereotypes,
it is a consistent vision that promotes tolerance
and opposes oppression.”
“Katrina and Rita exposed every contradiction
of race and class in this country. That makes the
first step in the building a movement of resistance
to the fascist government which has now captured the
U.S. government—naming and exposing it—almost
easy. We cannot back away from this challenge; it
is the moral imperative of the 21st century. We cannot
reform, dress it up, make it more human. We must name
it, expose it, reject it and destroy it.”
“One thing that people do not realize is that
the vicious brutality of the Bush administration is
not some aberration but an inevitable result of the
concentration of wealth in the hands of the most vicious,
the most selfish, the most greedy members of our society...our
vision of the future of a society which promotes compassion,
altruism, gentleness, decency, and tolerance, stands
in stark contrast.”
About Ron Glotta:
Attorney Ronald D. Glotta of Glotta & Associates
is a long-time human rights champion who has turned
his passion into an effective and successful law career
defending the rights of workers “ravaged by
the excesses of capitalism.” Born in Colorado
and raised in Kansas, he spent his formative years
in the Bible Belt of the agricultural Midwest, raised
by evangelical parents. He kept that “fiery
preacher” aspect of his upbringing, with a sharp,
incisive message that criticizes the societal structures
which abuse and oppress human freedoms.
