If you're in a middle class neighborhood and someone has a BLM sign or a "In this house we believe in science..." theres a strong chance those people have absolutely terrible politics
I saw someone today claim to be a socialist but also a supporter of the right-wing recall of the only elected socialist in Seattle and one of the few (maybe only?) independent socialists in the country. Uncritical and blanket "left unity" allows these people into the movement.
"I'm a socialist in the DNC who's working to make the party better. But they dont represent my views!" If you really care about people why arent you trying to build political independence for the working class instead of funneling them into a right-wing party?
I'm at a Seattle City Council meeting about renters rights legislation and theres a landlord group here who are claiming they are "affordable housing providers" lmaaaaoooooo
MI5 couldnt find a group of heavily armed paramilitaries holed up in a council estate in Derry but they want us to believe James Bond can take down evil worldwide syndicates by beating up 2 or 3 key people and attending ritzy parties
Both major parties failed to stop Donald Trump from getting elected, failed to stop rising right-wing radicalization, and failed to convict Trump TWICE. It's time for a left-wing alternative. Its time for a workers party. Help us build it https://t.co/W9fKPXIu4s
I saw a comrade today "You dont have to join any particular socialist organization but you do have to join something. Theres no such thing as a freelance revolutionary."
If you're available to do so and you're a socialist you're obligated to get to work.
No one:
No one at all:
Not a soul:
The American Left: Telling working people to gamble and lose the tiny bit of capital they have in the stock market to inconvenience capitalists in the short term is praxis, bro.
The GameStop stock thing is funny but there is a lot of class anger from these Redditors. We should be talking to these people about actually organizing against capitalism not playing pranks on it.
If your socialist politician isnt accountable to a working class organization(s), takes more than the average salary of a worker in their district, and doesn't run under an independent socialist banner they're gonna let you down chief.
The Ruling Class: It isnt practical to fight us outside of structures, rules and norms we set specifically to keep us in power.
The American Left: Ah fuck. Well, you heard em' guys.
If you think legislation can only be passed "when a majority of representatives support it" then you need to research more working-class, organized labor, and left-wing history
Watching socialists do backflips and try explain how they're playing 3D chess to justify naked parliamentarianism that has literally never worked at winning gains for working class people is absolutely cringe worthy.
Most leftists think the problem with the left is a lack of unity when in reality it's a focus on issues that cant be fixed until after the revolution, fixation on tactics that dont build broad working-class power, and a moralist view of leftism instead of strategic
Libs usually: Rural people are all idiots without degrees who fuck their sisters
Libs after an election: Wow why have so many people voted against us must be just racism and nothing else what a mystery