Reply #3: it's not enough [View All]

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all what you quote is very good of course, but NOT ENOUGH

what Ritter means is ORGANIZATION

How do you think the French left can mobilize 3 million people within 2 weeks on a job law ? because they have a long record of organization. It's like gathering 15 million people to Washington in the same amount of time in a single event.

Ritter is right, even if he presents the more "warlike" aspect of the operation. The Left in America IS NOT ORGANIZED. They don't have a PARTY (or parties) in European sense. Not even the Democrats are a real party. They are ELECTION MACHINES.

As long the progressives don't have a real party (parties) with regular suborganisations, unions etc... they won't win.

For example in Europe, after local discussions the equivalent of the Dem party would have already had one if not several CONGRESSES where a strategy had been discussed and voted by the base (which means that everybody doesn't have to agree on everything, but is respecting the majority decision).

The discussion here is limited to whom is best as the next ticket. It's not a strategy.

That's why the Republicans win and can win again despite their colossal mistakes.

Ritter is absolutely right. The peace movement is anarchistic, the progressive movement is anarchistic (in the literal sense). They are waiting for "the hero" (the popularity of the idiotic movie V for Vendetta shows it).

It doesn't work that way. History shows that anarchists were swipped away by the fascists (Spain, Italy , Germany). Progressive, Socialists and communists had heavy losses but survived. When the allies landed they become the liberation army within 3 weeks. They had structures, they could run a state.