| “While this may appear paradoxical, it all fits comfortably
under the banner of ‘business as usual.’ Every four years, the Democratic Party
appeases segments of the Left by sending out a ‘people’s’ candidate to co-opt
their activist energies. From Jesse Jackson to Jerry Brown to Al Sharpton to
Howard Dean to Dennis Kucinich to many, many more; unbiased observers already know how this game ends - and the
house never loses” ~Mickey Z “In our election-obsessed culture, everything else going on in the world — war, hunger, official brutality, sickness, the violence of everyday life for huge numbers of people — is swept out of the way, while the media insist we watch every twist and turn of what candidates say and do. Thus, the superficial crowds out the meaningful, and this is very useful for those who do not want citizens to look beneath the surface of the system. In the shadows, and hidden by the dueling of the candidates (if you can call it a duel when the opponents thrust and lunge with plastic swords) are real issues of race and class, war and peace, which the public is not supposed to think about, as the media experts pontificate endlessly about who is winning, and throw numbers in our faces like handfuls of sand…. “The pretense in disputed elections is that the great conflict is between the two major parties. The reality is that there is a much bigger conflict that the two parties jointly wage against large numbers of Americans who are represented by neither party and against powerless millions around the world.” ~Howard Zinn "When is a revolution not a revolution?" ~audio, Mickey Z on Cindy's soapbox BINJ's Jason Pramas follows up on his strong criticism of the GE Boston deal last week - walking readers through a grassroots strategy to stop the multinational from looting Massachusetts (again). [thanks for this one, Susan M!] Above, in case you don't know: the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson; But where's Soros? |
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