U.S Patriots Mobilizing In Depth for Glass-Steagall

May 20, 2010 (LPAC)—Lyndon LaRouche's call for U.S. patriots to rise to the defense of their nation, by demanding passage of the Glass-Steagall amendment to the so-called financial reform bill, is being met with an extraordinary response throughout the nation. LPAC statements are being e-mailed in unprecedented numbers around the country, and citizens are taking whatever actions they can — from phone calls, to leafleting, to holding meetings, to joining LPAC — to further the campaign for a return to Constitutional banking.

The patriotic response is particularly notable among older Americans, who have more of a sense of what we have lost as a nation. For example, one Utah woman, 77 years old, who has never contributed to LPAC and had not been on the email list, burst into tears on hearing of the Glass-Steagall fight, exclaiming, "It's so good to hear! I didn't know who would restore the Constitution. The whole planet has been in such distress!" She then proceeded to join LPAC to support the fight.

Another patriotic phenomenon is evident in at least a handful of people who reported that they called all 100 Senate offices. One reached 98 of the offices, either speaking to staff or leaving messages. Another, a 30 year old guy just out of military service, was challenged by some offices as to why he was calling Senators not from his state. His reply: "This is the country. I call my own senators if it's a state matter. If it's a national matter, I call all the senators."

The labor unionist response continues to be particularly strong, notably from the Machinists, the UAW, Plumbers, Teamsters and IBEW. A deployment in Fremont, California, where the last auto plant in that state was just shut down, resulted in numerous former workers going into motion. Among city councilmen who signed the HBPA, there is ongoing motion. One singularlity was an East Orange, New Jersey councilman who asked an LPAC representative to address the Council for 3 minutes on Monday night. Another group of New York supporters determined to have a rally on Wall Street, which was to have occurred today.

Both Republicans and Democrats are going into action, as befits the fact that this is a patriotic, not partisan, issue. We are even picking up rationality on the part of professions usually antithetical to our campaigns — like accountants and banking executives — who are sending out emails demanding their friends act to enact Glass-Steagall.

However, despite this extraordinary mobilization, there have been virtually no Senators' offices who have committed themselves to joining with Cantwell and McCain for the Glass-Steagall amendment. This is the breaking point of Constitutional government: Will our Senators listen to their constituents' demands that they defend the Constitution, and act? Or will they go along with the British demand for dictatorship?