Anthony Boynton is largely correct about what has happened. The Trump/Vance/Musk Triumvirate are moving to reverse the entire "administrative state" that was instituted initially by the FDR administration. They are giving the capitalists a completely free hand, while using all forms of bigotry to hide behind these policies.
Boynton says, however, that resistance in the streets is growing. Maybe he knows something that I don't know. I have read some reports of a few protests, mainly of Latinos in Los Angeles, but at least here in the SF Bay area the movement in the streets is almost nonexistent. I went to a protest organized by the liberal group "Indivisible" yesterday. Here ( https://oaklandsocialist.com/2025/02/12/indivisible-protests-trump-musk-in-oakland/ ) are a few photos. This was a weekly vigil these people have and I'd say there were about 30 people there. Shortly after Trump was inaugurated there was a protest ( https://oaklandsocialist.com/2025/01/19/protest-against-trump-in-san-francisco/ ) in S.F. attended by about 2,000, largely the liberal crowd. There was recently a protest in S.F. by the Putin apologist group ANSWER and I was told about one or two hundred attended. (Now, after having spent the entire election period campaigning against Harris with hardly a whisper about Trump, these left hypocrites are thumping the tub about deportations, etc.) I am in touch with people in several E. coast cities and they tell me almost nothing is happening. Meanwhile, the unions are typically totally missing in action. Boynton mentions the role of the Democrats, but we should not forget the role of the union leaders. As we know, Sean O'Brien, Teamster president, essentially supported Trump. Sean Fain, that great hope of the left, including several prominent socialists, recently penned a column in the WA. Post "I 'm President of the UAW. We're ready to work with Trump ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/19/shawn-fain-uaw-trump-trade/ )." And the AFL-CIO typically issues a few statements "in solidarity" with immigrants, and does absolutely nothing. Trump appears to be extremely powerful, but he is actually extremely vulnerable. Undocumented immigrant workers, including farm workers, are starting to stay away from work out of fear of being deported. What would it take for the unions to mobilize those members who oppose Trump (and in many cases they'd be the minority) to go out to the fields, the meat packing houses and food processing plants with a call to go on immediate strike and their supporters will man the picket lines for them? What would it take to demand immediate end to deportations, immediate citizenship for all workers, union rights, a $30 per hour minimum wage, etc.? This would start to get an echo in the wider working class while at the same time empty out the grocery store shelves in a matter of days. In the absence of this sort of approach, I think the best we can hope for is something like the French Yellow Vest movement. John Reimann -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35194): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35194 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111123344/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
