Will the stupidity of the “socialist left” combine with the selfish shortsightedness of tens of millions of voters to deliver a victory for the fascist-connected Republicans in November? Consider these two sets of statistics: First is the falling price of oil and gas.... The fact that oil prices will only fall to prewar levels or that Iran’s situation will differ little from its situation under Obama’s JCPOA is irrelevant. Tens of millions of voters will only be thinking of what is the situation compared to a month or so earlier, at the longest.... Now, combine that with what actually happened in New York’s recent primaries. The victory of the most out of touch of all the winning candidates, Darializa Avila Chevalier, is instructive. According to the NY Post, there were 449,000 “active voters” in Chevalier’s district, and Chevalier won 33,000 votes. That’s just 7% overall. DSA itself has an interesting development. Prior to 2016 it was a tiny group living in the outer margins of the Democratic Party.... At the time of his election, it seemed that Zohran Mamdani might break from the millstone of this ideological left. He still might, but his endorsement and active support for Avila Chevalier is not a good sign. In fact, one must ask to what extent is their influence spreading beyond DSA itself. ... The “revolutionary” left inside DSA is opposed, to a degree, by the more pragmatic wing. However, there is one issue upon which they both fully agree – and upon which the entire Democratic Party agrees: That is support for the bureaucracy that controls the unions. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2026/07/06/oil-prices-plus-dsa-campism-and-novembers-elections/
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