In 1944, an American president proposed a sweeping reorganization of American life: a “second Bill of Rights” that recognized not only political rights, but economic rights as well. Franklin Roosevelt’s speech would today be regarded as far outside the political mainstream: but when it was proposed, it was overwhelmingly popular with ordinary Americans. Harvey Kaye, historian of the American left, explains.
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