For the American left, there is hardly a need more pressing than to break this all-smothering cultural hegemony.
I think the pressing question is how. we made real gains following the Floyd protests - like a seriously huge influx of new blood to most left orgs in major cities, small or large - but that hasn't translated to any movement in the war of position. like the libs are hushedly talking about taking direct action against the state if this draft is made official, but they don't have the organization to see these things through but they're all also simultaneously whining about how tired they are. so whatever happens will either be a whimper or the spontaneous and provoked rage of the class.
an enraged response would be the best possible thing that could happen because it would immediately force the supreme court to back down. and that makes a clear delineation between effective and ineffective action: voting and symbolic protest accomplished nothing but direct action nipped the ruling in the bud. it's so stark that it'd be hard to miss. but I'm not sure agitation is going to provoke an immediate response. it does feel like the tension is ratcheting up the way it was right before occupy or the Floyd protests, though.
I think the pressing question is how. we made real gains following the Floyd protests - like a seriously huge influx of new blood to most left orgs in major cities, small or large - but that hasn't translated to any movement in the war of position. like the libs are hushedly talking about taking direct action against the state if this draft is made official, but they don't have the organization to see these things through but they're all also simultaneously whining about how tired they are. so whatever happens will either be a whimper or the spontaneous and provoked rage of the class.
an enraged response would be the best possible thing that could happen because it would immediately force the supreme court to back down. and that makes a clear delineation between effective and ineffective action: voting and symbolic protest accomplished nothing but direct action nipped the ruling in the bud. it's so stark that it'd be hard to miss. but I'm not sure agitation is going to provoke an immediate response. it does feel like the tension is ratcheting up the way it was right before occupy or the Floyd protests, though.