John,
Didn't you cast a ballot that was indistinguishable from those cast by the
DSA leaders?
But I do get your point here. Over the course of the last half century and
change, I think we've seen some choice opportunities slip right through our
fingers. How you can have an issue like BLM that s
In reply to the comments so far:
Michael Meeropol asks when has a mass movement in the streets ever
protected democratic rights, and then he goes on to answer his very
question by pointing to the Civil Rights movement. But just look back at
the protests against the George Floyd murder, as disorga
John Reimann, I'm not sure what you are advocating for here. In the last couple
of decades or so, we have seen plenty of large street level movements and
organizing. The Iraq/Afghanistan antiwar protests, Occupy, BLM, the George
Floyd protests, we all know the litany. A lot of us learned years a
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I don't know about "the streets"-- a slippery phrase that plucks the fruiting
body of manifestations without examining the mycelium as it were from which
that springs--but some kind of extra-constitutional, anti-System Left mass
organization is clearly necessary to prep
I don't know about "the streets"-- a slippery phrase that plucks the fruiting
body of manifestations without examining the mycelium as it were from which
that springs--but some kind of extra-constitutional, anti-System Left mass
organization is clearly necessary to prepare for the--imo not not i
I am going to show my ignorance but I do believe a "skunk at the picnic"
argument is worth discussing:
WHEN has a mass working class movement in the streets successfully
protected "democratic rights"? --- I actually mean that sincerely not
merely rhetorically. The only example I can think of is
"The Republican Party has been transformed into a real and serious threat,
one that is much greater than anything we have seen in over 100 years.
Because of the undemocratic nature of the electoral college, Trump came
extremely close to being reelected. If Georgia, Michigan and Arizona had
gone for
