Re: [Marxism] A sad commentary on the Left

[Mark Lause via Marxism]

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For years now--and longer--there was nothing stopping radicals from
organizing independent mass actions.  Had we been exercising this function,
we'd not be left as essentially consumers and cheerleaders to electoral
politics.  It can surprise nobody that the Democrats did nothing to build
on the unprecedented mass marches that greeted Trump's inauguration, but
radicals have done very little but watch events from the sidelines.  When
Trump was foisting Kavenaugh onto us, for example, public sentiment was
such as would have supported demonstrations that could have flooded the
capital with supporters and choked the process . . . which would have cut
one of the main motives for the Republicans to sustain their criminal
president.  Over 50% of the public wanted Trump removed from the
presidency, and the Left did nothing more than the Democrats wanted done,
so we're still paying the price for that.

The pathetic history of radicals in the current election campaign simply
extends that role.
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[Marxism] A sad commentary on the Left

[Michael Yates via Marxism]

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Louis posted a link showing that Sanders is leading in a national poll. He also 
posted a link to a very fine article by Steven Salaita on Sanders and 
Palestinians and the shallowness of electoral politics in the US. There have 
been numerous comments on the first link, but there have been NONE on the 
second. For me, this shows how leftists have become once again infatuated with 
national elections, out of all proportion to their importance in terms of 
building a real radical movement. One that is global in scope and one in which 
Sanders's rather pathetic commentary on Palestinians would simply not be 
tolerated.

The other day, former ISO leader, Todd Chretien said, in a post that appears to 
have been deleted, that what leftists do in the wake of Sanders's New Hampshire 
victory would determine the fate of socialism in the US. And we are either with 
Sanders or we're for Trump. I did a double-take when I read this. First, a 
person shifts his beliefs in a heartbeat, almost 1984 fashion. What he once was 
he no longer is, and perhaps what he once was, he never really was. Second, the 
utter stupidity and lack of understanding of US reality is mind boggling.
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