Friends,
Did you see? One of the most important mouthpieces of US conservatism attacked Socialist Alternative. After the historic vote for Ginger Jentzen in Minneapolis, the right-wing media is feeling the pressure to push back against the rising popularity of socialist ideas, and Socialist Alternative specifically.
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They posted a hit piece where they claim we’re timid “because they know [socialism] can’t succeed in America,” and that we put “way too much emphasis on cultural issues, which would be irrelevant to a strictly [sic] economic theory.”
Socialism and Marxism has always asserted that culture, society and the economy are intertwined. The fight for women’s rights, racial justice, and other “cultural issues”, are linked to the fight against capitalism which sustains this inequality.
National Review is clearly nervous about socialism’s rising popularity. “For young liberals disillusioned by capitalism and by both parties’ failure to achieve the political ends they desire, it is all pain and no gain.” And they’re right! A majority of US youth today say they do not support the system of capitalism. Socialist ideas, like Medicare for All, are only becoming more popular.
With a predator and landlord like Donald Trump at the head of US capitalism, can we really be surprised?
Unfortunately, National Review reaches millions of people. With the repeal of net neutrality, and the growing consolidation of corporate media, the crucial role of independent media is becoming more clear than ever.
-Your friends in struggle at Socialist Alternative
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