There is a bullshit game some play of not hashing out what we are fighting for during a primary. There is another bullshit play that says we shouldn't criticize our own. That is why we have been stuck & fucked FOREVER. Now we have an opportunity to get it right w/ @BernieSanders
I am far less forgiving for those given to identity politics in terms of substance-less ploys about it's time for us to elect a {insert demographic}. We need policy. We need real change. Not tokenism & not shallow veneer.
We need systemic changes to bring an end to structural inequality. That will not happen with these so called "moderate" candidates. Moderate how??? They are radicals in the sense that they still prop up systems of oppression (see austerity Pete and Amy for example)
In fact, I have grown so sick of people trying to shut down internal critique of the left that I am near apoplectic over the shut down tactics, sensitivities that prevent us from fighting for the people. Fighting for our lives.
These labels & fierce protections of said identities are progress killing and defeatist in our ability to have an intersectional movement with solidarity and concern for all vulnerable communities
Thank goodness @BernieSanders is leading a true multi-racial, full gender and age spectrum movement.
Thank goodness... Because if left to some, we would be left fighting over crumbs of the oligarchs forever
Thank goodness... Because if left to some, we would be left fighting over crumbs of the oligarchs forever
The delicate flowers who internalize every single critique of the left-wing tactics of by gone eras and misguided adventures into libertarian thinking end up costing our movement in ways that few will ever acknowledge.
Yet how do we achieve a higher understanding?
With truth.
Yet how do we achieve a higher understanding?
With truth.
Fearless and thorough... Not by protectionism. By being fearless and thorough from the very start
