Orion > Orion Magazine > September | October 2005 > Rebecca Solnit > Fire in the South

Orion > Orion Magazine > September | October 2005 > Rebecca Solnit > Fire in the South: "In my own society, even our dreams seem to have been privatized. Up here in the north, neoliberal policies have demolished the American dream for many Yankees who can no longer afford education, or decent housing, or who are bankrupted by illness. The great gains brought about by union struggles, the New Deal, and the Great Society have been whittled away steadily since Ronald Reagan was first elected and brought the neoliberal agenda to power with him."