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Tom Rinaldo

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5. And yet when we started to organize against the Vietnam War in the Sixties...

Mon Mar 11, 2019, 11:26 AM

Mar 2019

...it was not thought beyond the pale for tens of thousands of marching activists to directly confront an elected Democratic President with chants of "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today!" And they werem't accused of secretly supporting Barry Goldwater when they did so.

I hope social justice and anti-militaristic activists now never see a need to so totally repudiate Democratic Party leadership again as so may did back then. But part of that depends on how tolerant the Democratic Party remains of sincerely differing view points. Party unity can't be used as a blunt weapon to bludgeon all honest debate to a stand still. The Democratic Party can be the channel through which much of it flows, which will increase our chances of standing by each other in General Elections against the Right if all of us get a fair say before then. Or by restricting acceptable terms of debate inside the Democratic Party, it can ensure that those currents flow elsewhere outside of it, beyond its influence.

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Very good. Thanks, Tom. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #1

Nailed it Tom... N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2019 #2

And yet when we started to organize against the Vietnam War in the Sixties... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #5

Wait... mostly a spot-on analysis... but a real disruption DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #10

The end result of capitalism is monopolies. watoos Mar 2019 #11

That's taught in Basic Economics. Unless regulated, capitalism results in monopolies. SharonAnn Mar 2019 #22

Income inequality will be our downfall. watoos Mar 2019 #3

The thing that worries me is ProfessorPlum Mar 2019 #4

Yes they have all of that, watoos Mar 2019 #6

Bigger damns need larger floods to top them Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #9

Maybe. I don't underestimate propaganda. watoos Mar 2019 #12

We Were Lulled into a Sense of Complacency Thinking it Can't Happen Here dlk Mar 2019 #7

Mass strikes is the only way to get their attention pecosbob Mar 2019 #8

The unwashed don't seem interested into even forming unions, watoos Mar 2019 #13

It would be a hard row to hoe pecosbob Mar 2019 #14

In times like these it is often something unexpected Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #15

Agreed pecosbob Mar 2019 #16

"The only thing that is constant in life is change." mtngirl47 Mar 2019 #17

You were so wise to make that video then when you could Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #20

Thanks for your post - it says a lot. yonder Mar 2019 #24

Most interesting think piece, Tom! calimary Mar 2019 #18

remember when we elevated the Pentagon? YES WE CAN! samnsara Mar 2019 #19

Sure do. I was in that circle that attempted it! Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #21

Maybe, but what if we're off our axis? Loge23 Mar 2019 #23

+1. well said. yonder Mar 2019 #26

This is an excellent thread, TR. good posts all around. Thanks yonder Mar 2019 #25

Keeping Democracy regulating Capitalism is going to be a Big Deal. But we're going to do this. ancianita Mar 2019 #27

This is quite an interesting thread, and a very good OP. PatrickforO Mar 2019 #28

+100 Duppers Mar 2019 #29

Big K&R Duppers Mar 2019 #30

Thank you n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #31