It's almost like running to the center doesn't convince those on the right of anything. No matter what you do anyone left of McCain or so will be a radical leftist. May as well be an actual leftist
Always has been the case. IIRC, back in the 40's during an early 'Red Scare' in the US, a massive union purged a lot of members that it suspected of being communists/communist sympathizers to try and appear as though they were not too leftist.
The union was accused of being communists anyway.
Those purges were actually targeting communists.
The CIO was a communist-led organization from the 30's to mid-40's. Notable leaders in the CPUSA occupied top positions.
Gus Hall, the leader of the CPUSA throughout the "Cold War", was the founder of the CIO's United Steelworkers - the largest steelworkers union in the country. Hall spent the 50's in prison under the under the Smith Act.
Harry Bridges, another top Communist Party leader, founded the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. He was stripped of his position as the CIO Regional Director & the ILWU was removed from the CIO during the Red Scare. He wasn't tried under the Smith Act. Instead, the US pursued deportation.
Sounds about right. I'm almost surprised they weren't tried for treason, considering it was in the 50's.
The Smith Act is basically treason, but the US government knew they couldn't get away with publicly executing labor leaders.
Sounds about right. If there's anything to learn from politics in the US it's gotta be to just announce actually that you are communist and that it's good actually. No playing games of defending against bad faith accusations.
What I wouldn't give to go shoulder-deep into Biden so I could work his jaw to make the sounds "Medicare for All is good, Jack."
I wish the left was just ten percent as badass as hysterical chuds think it is.
It turns out socialists and communists endorsing the "lesser of the two evils" makes us look like one of the "evils" in the eyes of the masses. Who could have possibly seen this coming?
All the harm reduction voting muddies the waters. Especially if you go around saying you're a leftist who voted for Biden. Self identified leftists need to stop voting for fucking Democrats, especially ones like Biden. If you do cuck yourself out shut the fuck up and don't tell anyone about it. To us voting is a joke and is entry level political activity. To the general public voting is your entire political identity.
Im disappointed in the american left that is controling biden but not making him hit the communism button
If you wonder how fascists take power: It's not knowing what the left is coupled with a reaction to perceived threats from it.
2024 will he such a shitshow.
