COUNTERPUNCHJANUARY 28, 2022 BY
EVE OTTENBERG 👍
The Left Demobilized: the Usual Suspects Are To Blame
SNIPPETS:
This was all entirely predictable. The Democratic party has mainly functioned since the 1930s to demobilize left movements, and these latest weren’t even movements. (Certainly thin soup compared to the militant communism FDR set out to dilute.) These were platforms in a candidacy. Platforms that the cautious, billionaire-sycophant likes of
🐍 Barack Obama had no intention of ever seeing signed into law – so
he 😈 coordinated the withdrawal of all other Dem presidential candidates at a critical juncture to boost
🐍 Biden over
Sanders. ... ...
Biden came to power based on many promises to the left. He also said, “Nothing will fundamentally change.” Most of his promises, unsurprisingly, died on the vine, leaving the left fragmented at a historical moment that screams for solidarity. ... ...
So, no massive, left-wing anti-nuclear war movement, as the biggest issue of this or any time threatens to engulf the planet. Similarly, the climate protest, weakened by the ridiculous – but better, I guess, than nothing – COP26 summit, which did absolutely zip, nada, zilch, sputters and stalls.
Full article:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/28/the-left-demobilized-the-usual-suspects-are-to-blame/