Fifteen thousand people marched in protest against the government's Israel policy as the party's conference began in Liverpool

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20593353

By Imran Mulla in Liverpool, United Kingdom Published date: 22 September 2024

  • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    this and macron creating a conservative government despite leftists winning the most votes in france makes me wonder if a leftist victory is ever possible.

    • Alsephina@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Not through liberal "democracies" no, where the entire point is to keep capitalists in power. Unionizing and organizing for a revolution has always been the only way.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      Not the "proper" way, that way was designed to prevent a leftist victory from ever happening, and shutting it down if it does. However, history has shown that it's incredibly achievable once people get together and decide to stop playing the ruling class's games.

      • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        However, history has shown

        i think that this is the key part. i'm unaware of a leftist victory in the global north since the great depression and i suspect it's because the hegemonic powers have gotten so good and so organized at mitigating possible class cohesion that we're stuck in this pattern until something very drastic happens to society centuries/millennia from now; making a leftist victory a practical impossibility for any of us in ours or the next several generation's lifetimes.