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Just read the piece -- does the author really think that there is some "committee" of the ruling class that gave Harris "permission" to savage Biden in the debate?? Or was that just a writing rhetorical flourish that I'm too much of a philistine to understand? Does the writer think that there is no SIGNIFICANT difference between another four years of Trump or a capitalist Democrat --- for real effects on real people?? https://blackagendareport.com/sanders-vs-endless-austerity-regime-- It is hard to fight austerity --- but the ruling class is NOT completely united in support of austerity --- (witness the period between WW II and 1970 when austerity was NOT the rule ....true "prosperity" was bought via military Keynesianism and hot wars in Korea and Indochina --- but there was also a big expansion of the US version of Social Democracy --- and an immigration reform in 1965 and the end of Apartheid, US style --- ) Progress is possible even without a revolution --- and each step in the right direction creates space for REAL change ....just as the triumps of Bush II and Trump (and Obama's failures) moved us backwards .... _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
