A View From The Left -Socialist Analysis - the working class can take down Trump - 9/12/2018

We can't sit back and let Mueller investigate and hope the Democrats will act. We need to build movements and independent politics.

View this email in your browser Can the Working Class Change Society? Socialists Say Yes There is an ongoing debate on the left, as in the ‘60s, about the role of the working class in changing society. The key question is whether the working class can or will move from being an objective reality, a “class in itself” to being a force that sees its interests as counterposed to those of the capitalists and organizes to challenge their power. Since the Grea Recession, working people in the U.S. have become keenly aware that the top 1% and even the top .01% have gained disproportionately while the bottom 99% and especially the bottom 50% are sliding backwards. Please check SocialistAlternative.org regularly for the socialist analysis, strategy, and tactics needed to build movements to defeat the billionaire class. Our pages build on the proven strategies that won two historic victories for Kshama Sawant in Seattle. Our editorial team brings the experience of leading the fight for $15 to its first major victory in the nation in Seattle in 2014 and then in Minneapolis last year. Subscribe today to receive our print or electronic newspaper. Mayor 1% Bows out of Chicago 2019 Race, Leaving Historic Opening for Independent, Left Challenge After a close-chested deliberation, Rahm Emanuel shocked Chicago by deciding against running for a third term as mayor in February 2019. Time for the left to seize the initiative and launch an independent mayoral campaign, based on building a mass working class movement, against the billionaire class. The Mueller Investigation: Will it Take Down Trump? Why Socialist Strategy is Needed With Manafort convicted and Cohen pleading guilty, the Mueller investigation continues to tighten around Trump. Impeachment could help put an end to some of Trump’s most vicious anti-worker and anti-minority policies, yet Pelosi says that impeachment is still “not a priority” for Democrats. The movement cannot afford to sit back and let the Mueller investigation run its course and hope the Democrats will act. The potential exists for Bernie and others to turn their current popularity into the ongoing movement or organization we so desperately need to fight against the right-wing agenda. Missing the Point of Corbyn’s Rise As the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) has consistently argued, for Corbyn to transform the Labour Party into one that can represent working-class and young people he must take on with the capitalist class representatives in the Labour Party. 2018 Socialist Alternative You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from Socialist Alternative. Our mailing address is: Socialist Alternative PO Box 150457 Brooklyn, NY 11215 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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