when I say 'power' or 'impotence', I dont mean to say it in terms of the factions within congress; I mean to say it in terms of working class consciousness. there is no solidarity to speak of. as the saying goes theres no such thing as a poor american, they're all just down on their luck millionaires.
gray's approach to supporting ftv was the only approach I could get behind. it was an attitude of, "well, we cant pick and choose our moments, and this might be our moment." but even then, what the fuck was the moment? forcing the vote and having it shut down by something like 300 to 35 in the lower house? if that's our 'moment' you should seriously take a second to consider how free politicians are to serve the interests of capital in the US.
and what fundraising prowess would we have hampered? theres an entire industry of privately held healthcare providers with supply chains that span the globe that would have put their money behind a no.
the ftv movement motivated me to actually start reading theory because it made me realize much of the people I considered to be on 'the left' are ideologically undisciplined folks who benefit from the american empire and just want m4a to increase their quality of life.
when I say 'power' or 'impotence', I dont mean to say it in terms of the factions within congress; I mean to say it in terms of working class consciousness. there is no solidarity to speak of. as the saying goes theres no such thing as a poor american, they're all just down on their luck millionaires.
gray's approach to supporting ftv was the only approach I could get behind. it was an attitude of, "well, we cant pick and choose our moments, and this might be our moment." but even then, what the fuck was the moment? forcing the vote and having it shut down by something like 300 to 35 in the lower house? if that's our 'moment' you should seriously take a second to consider how free politicians are to serve the interests of capital in the US.
and what fundraising prowess would we have hampered? theres an entire industry of privately held healthcare providers with supply chains that span the globe that would have put their money behind a no.
the ftv movement motivated me to actually start reading theory because it made me realize much of the people I considered to be on 'the left' are ideologically undisciplined folks who benefit from the american empire and just want m4a to increase their quality of life.