A broad swath of the progressive movement “left it all on the field” in 2024. Some sobering lessons about progressive strength, Establishment myopia and the challenges of democratic organizing in increasingly oligarchical society.
The Vermont senator said Musk has done "an exceptional job of demonstrating a point that we have made for years—and that is the fact we live in an oligarchic society."
Violence has not produced justice anywhere. We must build a nonviolent movement in the 21st century that advances a multi-racial democracy that has never before existed in the United States.
The violent right’s influence in intelligence, police, conservatism - and how to fight it
Race, gender, religion, abortion, immigration, gun control, culture and patriotism are issues used to divide the public. The culture wars give the oligarchs, both Democrats and Republicans, the cover to continue the pillage.
“I tell the people,” Maduro said, “this presidential sash is yours. The power of this sash is yours. It does not belong to the oligarchy or to imperialism. It belongs to the sovereign people of Venezuela.”
The slow advances we made in the early 20th century through unions, government regulation, the New Deal, the courts, an alternative press and mass movements have been reversed. The oligarchs are turning us—as they did in the 19th century steel and textile factories—into disposable human beings. They are building the most pervasive security and surveillance apparatus in human history to keep us submissive. It's time to pick up the pitchforks.
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