Interesting article to this point and while I agree with much of it there are
big contradictions. Obviously the best implied option is to reject both wings
of the corporate party and opt for revolution but as she admits, "Most
Americans have been so bullied by the system that their political act
Given the massive amounts of corporate funding,that has been pouring into
BLM,even before the George Floyd killing happened,I suspect wecan see BLM
becoming more conservative,more a part of the nonprofit industrial complex,much
the same way some of the more radical environmental groups did in th
In an interview in The Guardian, Howie Hawkins said that a good showing for his
green/socialist party would be five percent:
“That qualifies us for a public campaign financing grant for the general
election in 2024 for president. If we got to 5% there’d be about $20m at least
waiting for our p
"- deep disappointment from most of the Left along with self-disgust at having
helped elect them"
Most of the actual left have no expectations of progress from Biden or Harris.
We know who they are but we also understand that Trump is a greater danger. The
idea is to defeat Trump and to continu
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> I am not saying we should not participate in bourgeois elections,I am
> saying we ought to apply the standards Lenin wrote about one hundred years
> ago,to the parties we support.Are they a party of the working class?Are
> they working to support,and build,class conciousness?If not,then why sho
I can see two results from a Biden/Harris Presidency by this time next year
- deep disappointment from most of the Left along with self-disgust at having
helped elect them
- collapse of mass movements supporting BLM etc. as usually happens under
centrist governments.
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I just thought I might point out something here.When communists or socialists
support center right,capitalist parties,like the Democrats,it only gives fuel
to the argument from the right,that the Democrats are a communist,or socialist
party.
I am not saying we should not participate in bourgeoi
By the New Republic's best reporter.
https://newrepublic.com/article/159025/progressives-direct-action-biden-2020-election
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