This is really a "must read" article on the upcoming electoral crisis. It is most likely that the election will not be determined on election night, due to mail-in ballot counting. A "Constitutional crisis" is likely to ensue, one in which the sitting president will hold almost all the trump cards (no pun intended). This article explains the different scenarios in which that crisis can be played out.
What it mentions but doesn't stress sufficiently, in my opinion, is how that battle will be played out in the streets - complete with violent clashes. Further, if Trump is returned to office through the means outlined in the article, he will be driven - or drive - far further down the road he's already taken. Completely absent from the article is any sort of class analysis, or more precisely, any thought to the role of at least a sector of the working class as a class. As far as I can see, given the general failure of the left - including all the various protest movements of recent years - to really seek to build an explicitly working class force, the only way that the working class can start to play an independent role is through the unions. Through a huge struggle within the unions, overtly political strikes can be called, leading up to a national general strike. That would completely transform the present balance of forces. Here is the link to the article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/ -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1887): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/1887 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/77055888/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
