This and the UK results are so encouraging -- but not to forget: in the European parliamentary systems there are multiple parties and it's usually not too hard to identify which one(s) prioritize the interests of working people. Not so in the U.S. Here we have two major parties, both of which have been shaped (or warped, or traumatized) …
This and the UK results are so encouraging -- but not to forget: in the European parliamentary systems there are multiple parties and it's usually not too hard to identify which one(s) prioritize the interests of working people. Not so in the U.S. Here we have two major parties, both of which have been shaped (or warped, or traumatized) by the anti-socialist drumbeat for going on two centuries. What this means is though the best Democratic officeholders support economic justice (etc.), the bankrollers often do not.
This and the UK results are so encouraging -- but not to forget: in the European parliamentary systems there are multiple parties and it's usually not too hard to identify which one(s) prioritize the interests of working people. Not so in the U.S. Here we have two major parties, both of which have been shaped (or warped, or traumatized) by the anti-socialist drumbeat for going on two centuries. What this means is though the best Democratic officeholders support economic justice (etc.), the bankrollers often do not.