Support dialog in Mideast; fight for democracy around world
Long before national health care, a war on drugs, dialogue with the Soviet Union and negotiations with the Middle East were popular positions, Reverend Jackson advocated them.
By virtue of Reverend Jackson’s advocacy, South African apartheid and the fight for democracy in Haiti came to the forefront of the national conscience.
Source: [X-ref Drugs] Rainbow Push web site
Dec 25, 2000
Time to invest in US like we invest in developing countries
In May 1999 Clinton & Gore announced a new program that would make giant strides in empowering America’s underserved communities. It’s called the New Markets Initiative and is designed to encourage private investment in inner-city and rural areas.
Among other features, the plan would set up America’s Private Investment Companies (APICs), which would leverage up to $1.5 billion in investments in new businesses. APICs are modeled on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,
which the US has successfully used to help promote growth in emerging overseas markets. For years our country has encouraged private business to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in developing nations such as Thailand, Indonesia, & the Philippines.
It’s high time we did the same here at home, right in our own backyards, where the potential market is bigger and there is no political risk.
Source: It’s About the Money!, p.225-6
Jul 2, 1999
Let Europe & Japan share more of defense burden
Where is the money coming from to reinvest in America, when we are spending $40 billion a year defending S. Korea from N. Korea 40 years after the war? Why are we spending $1.5 trillion defending Europe and Japan from Russia, while Europe and Japan are
not subsidizing Russia? Let Europe and Japan share more of the burden of their own defense. They have stable economies now. There is no military threat coming from Russia. They can afford it, and we need the money to reinvest in our own country.
Source: United We Stand America Conference, p.129
Aug 12, 1995
Mutual respect over gunboat diplomacy
Our foreign policy must be characterized by mutual respect, not by gunboat diplomacy, big stick diplomacy and threats. Our Nation at its best feeds the hungry. Our Nation at its worst, will mine the harbors of Nicaragua; at its worst will
try to overthrow their government, at its worst will cut aid to American education and increase the aid to El Salvador; at its worst, our Nation will have partnership with South Africa. That is a moral disgrace.
Source: Address to the Democratic Convention
Jul 17, 1984
Appeal to Chinese morality; apologize when needed
Jesse Jackson has offered to go to China to work for the release of 24 US servicemen. “If a delegation appealing to the Chinese directly would help, we’d be willing,” Jackson said. “We’ve done it before, and each time we were successful.”
Jackson said
he was not criticizing President Bush’s efforts, but pointed to international disputes he has successfully mediated, including helping free Americans in Syria, Iraq and Yugoslavia. “In each instance, we had to make a moral appeal,” Jackson said. “You do
it in a way that does honor to our country. Religious people can be a bridge.“
Jackson said he would not interfere with US diplomatic efforts, but added that he thought the US should apologize for the collision of a US spy plane and a Chinese fighter
that led to the present standoff between the two countries. ”I think our government should say: ‘If we have violated you in any way, it was not intentional and we apologize,“‘ Jackson said. ”Getting Americans home is worth expressing an apology.“
Source: CNN.com
Apr 10, 2001
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