Forward Together; A New Model for Direct Action in Politics?

ttystikk

ttystikk

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Fogdog

Fogdog

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Because who needs Democracy..

More votes for President Lyndon Johnson (like more votes for Democrats today) might have arguably been necessary to forestall the right and protect existing social programs, but it provided no exit from an unacceptable status quo. A non-electoral opposition offered another pathway to change—a pathway that was tragically cut off by King’s assassination.

So we got Nixon. Well done assholes.

Except that wasn't really what happened.

Even so, by their story we got Nixon because Democrats were the lesser evil and therefore no better than Nixon. We can learn about them from their mythology.
 
Fogdog

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ttystikk said:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/15/the-new-poor-peoples-campaign-seeds-of-a-non-party-opposition/

Rather than running candidates for office, they focus on direct action, rallies, protests, and inclusive shows of strength in numbers.

Consciously nonpartisan, they organize around issues, in deliberate repudiation of the elitist 'us vs them' games of divide and conquer.

This seems like a model for change from the grassroots upward. It's been highly effective in North Carolina.
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Counterpunch publishes propaganda that furthers the right win agenda. Anything that comes from them is suspect.
 
mahiluana

mahiluana

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ttystikk said:
highly effective
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When democracy began in Greece 2000 years ago, citizens needed diputates
to send their opinion to the capital of the state.
Today, in a highly communicated society, it seems strange that my opinion reaches neither the Diputat nor the central administration
By law, I am required to send my tax return online to the tax office.
I miss an online platform to explain in advance what I want to do with my money.
I can order millions of products and services via the Internet - why do not we declare politics?
to a service provider, like any other online store.
Vote policy with safe, certified and controlled big data.
To get there - yes, we have to go on the streets - worldwide!
 
choomer

choomer

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As long as people cling to the advertised ideals, and not the actual actions of a political party, groupthink lives.
 
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