[GPSCC-chat] The left is in sad shape?

[perrysandy at aol.com]

While I agree with Reed's scathing critique of the strategy by some on the left of relying on the Democratic Party, I disagree with his hand-wringing and general doom-and-gloom. How is that going to help recruit people to our cause? We have a shining vision, dedicated activists, and solutions to the problems people face in everyday life - so let's get busy creating the future!


Sandy


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian <snug.bug at hotmail.com>
To: sosfbay-discuss <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 26, 2014 10:32 am
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] The left is in sad shape?



The left was effectively assassinated with Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy in 1968.
It just took a few years of hemorrhage before it went into the coma it's in today.




> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:25:20 -0800
> From: gerrygras at earthlink.net
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] The left is in sad shape?
> 
> 
> Common Dreams has an article about the status of the left:
> "Liberals Face a Hard Day’s Knight?"
> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/02/25-7
> 
> "In his Harper’s piece, Reed argues that Democrats and
> liberals have become too fixated on election results,
> kowtowing to the status quo rather than aiming for long
> term goals that address the issues of economic inequality."
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> It's mostly about an article in the March Harper's,
> “Nothing Left: The Long, Slow Surrender of American Liberals.”.
> The first few sentences can be found at
> http://harpers.org/archive/2014/03/nothing-left-2/
> To get more requires getting a year's subscription.
> I'll go read it at the library.
> 
> The quotes below are alleged, by Common Dreams, to be in the
> Harper's article.
> 
> "the left operates with no learning curve and is therefore
> always vulnerable to the new enthusiasm. It long ago lost
> the ability to move forward under its own steam…"
> 
> "The crucial tasks for a committed left in the United States now are to 
> admit that no politically effective force exists and to begin trying to 
> create one"
> 
> Gerry
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