President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D-N.Y.) were the only national politicians to receive net positive favorability ratings in a new poll.
Yeah, but they're failing. Strikes are happening. Workers are forming unions. This is the rebirth of American labor, and when it starts growing teeth, it won't even know what the Democrats are.
I hope you're right. Lots of stuff is happening that hasn't happened in a long time.
My point is more about the role of the democratic party. They are not the ones pushing for greater labour power and the energy many working class people puts into it is mostly wasted.
Exactly. This new generation of activists are being birthed in the new labor struggle. Forming new unions and taking wildcat action to spite the AFL-CIO. The democrats haven't done anything for them yet. If they continue to not do anything, that labor power will be forced to more radical action.
If the Dems really wanted to act as a relief valve, they'd do $25/hr minimum wage and M4A today. They won't though. They're already pushing this crippled beast to it's limits. They can't maintain their infinite growth rates without taking more from us.
Except the past year has been one of the most active for mass walkouts and wildcat strikes in decades.
It would be surprising if there was no reactions at all but overall the prospects of substantial material improvements are grim.
The democratic party is a black hole that sucks up political energy.
Yeah, but they're failing. Strikes are happening. Workers are forming unions. This is the rebirth of American labor, and when it starts growing teeth, it won't even know what the Democrats are.
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I hope you're right. Lots of stuff is happening that hasn't happened in a long time.
My point is more about the role of the democratic party. They are not the ones pushing for greater labour power and the energy many working class people puts into it is mostly wasted.
Exactly. This new generation of activists are being birthed in the new labor struggle. Forming new unions and taking wildcat action to spite the AFL-CIO. The democrats haven't done anything for them yet. If they continue to not do anything, that labor power will be forced to more radical action.
If the Dems really wanted to act as a relief valve, they'd do $25/hr minimum wage and M4A today. They won't though. They're already pushing this crippled beast to it's limits. They can't maintain their infinite growth rates without taking more from us.