I agree with John Reiman about DSA ignoring the real need to be engaged in creating a United Front. But I see in Los Angeles DSA the same attitude of leading figures I have approached about needing to prepare beyond elections to respond to Trump, should he decide to ignore elections and install Martial Law.
Every indication, Trump seems more interested in that. As around January 3 when the then U. S. Congress is to assemble in the Capitol building, if Trump decides to disband (or worse) the Congress to install direct authoritarian rule -, seems why he has Hegseth as DOD leader, whom will obey him. As many of these Christian faith mindset, believing Trump will make the USA a religious state. The USA left seems not wanting to deal with reality of a fascist threat and to instead hide their brains and remain in comforts in their surroundings. I believe DSA in many places are just a place for socializing and finding companions whom have similar thinking, but not interested in actually serious struggle. More accommodating to the politicians and the labor union bureaucrats than real creating an alternative socialist power to organize laborers to eventually take real power. The Los Angeles DSA is not even mobilizing for the DSA candidate for mayor which polls show is leading against the current mayor. Seems many of the LA DSA leaders are willing to keep the current mayor whom clearly care about the wealthy for her own financial benefit and not a better city offering even basic services and failure to provide needed hospital beds for substance abuse users and mentally ill that are in every neighborhood reflecting acceptance with many dying from exposure to wathr or having overdoses. A clear example of a declining empire when such conditions are in many parts of the USA and wealthy interests are all that are seriously addressed - to serve them and not the vast populace. Seems this disconnection with reality - seems shared in various expressions, as the politicians, administrators, labor bureaucrats and including the left political current groups - more influenced by clicking keypads than actually offering a needed alternative - to oppose capitalist rulers, than just observing what they are doing to us. On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 2:59 PM hari kumar via groups.io <hari6.kumar= [email protected]> wrote: > Charles: I am sure there are 'grades' or levels of response of the > movement. But what are you saying about those who still are at that level: > "*which > cultivates a "consciousness" of pacifist faith*"..? > I do not understand what your approach is to drawing them in further - > elaborate please. > H > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43524): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43524 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121405050/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
