US policies will lead to more unrest among Americans: Expert
The foreign and economic policies of the United States have led to unrest among Americans who are under great pressure from low wages and growing income inequality, a former US Senate candidate says.
“It’s clearly an indication that there’s a level of political unrest in this country right now that’s only beginning to surface…that will lead to revolutionary circumstances,” said Mark Dankof, who is also a broadcaster and pastor in San Antonio, Texas.
“At the same time that there’s more unrest in terms of Americas economic policies and economy, there’s going to be more unrest in regard to why we continue to be involved in these foreign wars in the Middle East,” Dankof told Press TV on Thursday.
“We’re finally beginning to see a major political backlash against what these globalist free trade treaties and agreements have brought the United States since the early 1990s,” he added.
On Wednesday, hundreds of American protesters marched through pouring rain to call for higher wages and union rights at McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.
McDonald's restaurant employees and supporters seeking a $15-an-hour minimum wage and better benefits marched about two blocks to the suburban Chicago headquarters.
"If we don't get it, shut it down," they chanted. It was estimated that there were up to a thousand protesters.
The headquarters was shut for the third year in a row because of protests centered on the shareholder gathering, which will be on Thursday.
The protesters are part of a larger US movement for higher wages by workers in fast-food and other low-wage industries.
Although an improved economy has spurred pay rises at companies ranging from Wal-Mart to McDonald's, activists and workers say it’s not enough.
Since 2012, the "Fight for $15" campaign has been involved in convincing some lawmakers and large companies to increase minimum wages and improve working conditions.
While executives and shareholders have reaped rewards via salary hikes and gains in the stock market, workers say they have not shared the wealth.
Earning less than a living wage has forced many US fast-food workers to have multiple jobs, obtain food stamps and other forms of government assistance, in order to afford basic food, shelter and clothing.
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