USA: Revolution on the Horizon. Mass enthusiasm and interest in the Bernie Sanders campaign has swept the entire planet. As his viability as an electable candidate gathered momentum, a chain reaction of support was unleashed throughout the country. Photo by Gage Skidmore. In particular, Sanders’ 2. New Hampshire marked an influx in the rise of sincere illusions and enthusiasm for his candidacy, transforming him from scrappy underdog to potential contender. However, we are only at the beginning of the beginning of a protracted process that will unfold over many electoral cycles. As with all complex and contradictory social phenomena, a sense of proportion is needed when it comes to American politics. As we predicted many years ago, the political pendulum, which had swung so far to the right, is beginning to swing dramatically in the opposite direction. Years of crisis and instability have inexorably had an effect on consciousness. Sanders’ insurgent candidacy—which wasn’t given an ice cube’s chance in hell just a few months ago—is clear evidence of this. Tens of thousands have turned out at mass rallies to hear his message of “political revolution against the billionaire class.” He has put socialism in the headlines in an unprecedented way, reflecting the deep- seated discontent that has been slowly but surely percolating beneath the surface. Following in the footsteps of Wisconsin, Occupy, and Black Lives Matter, Sanders has given conscious political expression to the formerly unconscious process of radicalization taking place in US society. A response to decades of crisis, austerity, cuts, attacks, and sellouts by the status quo politicians, Sanders expresses essentially the same fundamental process as the rise of Podemos in Spain and Jeremy Corbyn in Britain. However, similar is not the same, and there is no one- size- fits- all approach to understanding or intervening in political processes. The fact that the discontent is being channelled at this stage through the ruling bourgeois party makes things far more complicated. For decades, the two- party system hung like an albatross on the neck of US workers. Prior to this publication, the major theme of this book was being presented only at talks and seminars. After one of these seminars, a Lady commented that she had.You can watch Revolution online for free on this page by streaming the movie in the video player above or by choosing a different version to play below it. Report: Google Fiber Heading to Austin as Cities Race to Boost Web Speeds; The Trouble Lurking on Walmart's Empty Shelves; The 2013 TIME 100 Poll. With Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle. The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. Now, with quintessential American energy, the old norms and expectations have been tossed out the window. Trump’s domination on the Republican side and Sanders’ close finish in Iowa and win in New Hampshire set the stage for a showdown on Super Tuesday. Clinton and Trump, each with seven wins that day, feel increasingly confident and have begun to aim their political fire on one another. Although Sanders won convincingly in Vermont, Minnesota, Colorado, and Oklahoma, he narrowly lost the New England state of Massachusetts and has fallen behind Clinton in pledged delegates. Never mind the spectacle of Bill Clinton personally and illegally haranguing and blocking voters at the Massachusetts polls—a win is a win. With many Southern states up for grabs early in the nomination contest, Clinton’s edge among black and Latino voters has given her an early boost. But the nomination contest is not over yet, and Sanders has vowed to soldier on, despite facing a hostile party machine and diminished chance of pulling off the political upset of the century. Republican Party in crisis. At the same time, without a clear lead in the form of a mass socialist labor party, millions of workers are disoriented and have fallen for the right- populist demagogy of Donald Trump. Mass audiences have welcomed him to cities across the country. His persistent appeal has confused many, but has a clear explanation. Despite his off- the- wall and reactionary sound bites, Trump is not a traditional conservative. He is not an evangelical fundamentalist Christian like Ted Cruz, or a Cuban- American gusano like Marco Rubio. At heart, he is a mediocre trust- fund- baby businessman, reality TV star, and opportunist par excellence. A former Democrat who opted to run as a Republican out of convenience, he was at one time pro- choice and a supporter of socialized health care. Ex-Illuminati insider, Donald Marshall speaks out and exposes the truth about the New World Order, a dark organization of world leaders secretly orchestrating global. This RV is approximately 36 feet in length with 60,064 miles, a Ford Triton V10. Find texas revolution lesson plans and teaching resources. From texas revolution powerpoint worksheets to timeline of texas revolution videos, quickly find teacher. Despite his attacks on immigrants and China, he has hired plenty of immigrants, and manufactures clothing in China. And although he initially gave an ambiguous answer when asked whether or not he disavowed the endorsement of Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, he is hardly a fascist. The secret to his success is his brash, take- no- prisoners confidence, which plays on the fears and frustrations of ordinary Americans who are dissatisfied with both the party in power and the traditional wing of the Republicans. Given the crisis of capitalism and of US capitalism in particular, his promise to “make America great again” is an ahistorical utopia. But to the pragmatic American mind, jobs and security sound pretty good after decades of crisis, austerity, and terrorism. The fact that he is already rich and therefore claims he is “not owned by anyone” is also appealing to those who rightly suspect that Wall Street owns most politicians. And although he lies perpetually through his teeth, when he does tell the truth—for example, about the character of his political rivals or big business’s stranglehold on politics—he is seen as a “straight- talker.”As we explained in our last editorial, the 2. The monotonous back and forth between carefully vetted candidates that dominated US politics for decades has come to a screeching halt. As evidence of this, take the case of former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who aspired to become President Bush III. Heavily funded and favored by the Republican elite, he ran a traditional campaign in a year when tradition was the last thing voters wanted. He ignominiously exited the campaign after a pathetic showing in South Carolina. Many heavy hitters in the Republican establishment can see the writing on the wall. The choices before them are stark: either embrace Trump or risk a split in the party sooner rather than later. Some elected officials have already announced that they will abandon the party if Trump is nominated. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, the darling of the Tea Party, is already trying to distance himself from Trump while at the same time seeking to rein in the New York property magnate. Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota, offered this stark assessment: “The party is fractured, which isn't unusual for political parties and they almost always come back together. But this could test the outer limits of that tradition. If the Republican Party were an airplane and you're looking out the window, you’d see some pieces of the surface flying off. And you'd be wondering whether the engine or a wing is next.”Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott was even less optimistic, when he explained to CNN that by mid- March, the Republicans will know whether it is time to “throw up our hands in despair and panic.” He continued, “We’ve now backed ourselves into a corner here—and it’s not very pretty. It’s a crossroads for the Republican Party and it’s a crossroads for America.”Internal tensions have reached such a fever pitch that there is open talk of running a third- party “independent Republican” candidate if Trump wins the nomination. William Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, explains that such a ticket “would simply be a one- time, emergency adjustment to the unfortunate circumstance (if it happens) of a Trump nomination . Max Boot, a foreign policy advisor for Marco Rubio, declared bluntly that “I would sooner vote for Josef Stalin than I would vote for Donald Trump. There is no way in hell I would ever vote for him. I would far more readily support Hillary Clinton, or Bloomberg if he ran.”But if the Republican Party splits, who will get the majority? Will the split involve a move to the right of Trump, which may well render such a formation unelectable on a national scale? Will Trump take over the party, a one- man show without a significant base in the party apparatus? Or will he split off himself, whether or not he wins the nomination, and establish a new right- populist formation? These and many other questions will only be answered by events. What is clear is that the Republican Party roller coaster ride has only just begun. However, as significant as all of this is for the future of American politics, of far more interest for revolutionary Marxists are the processes taking place at the other end of the political spectrum. Although things have not yet reached the levels of tension that exist among the Republicans, there have already been several high- profile resignations from the Democratic National Committee by officials who want to throw their lot in with Sanders. In 2. 00. 8, Obama’s inspiring but ultimately empty abstractions of “hope” and “change” were sufficient to rally people to the polls. Back then, accusing a candidate of being a “socialist” was a good way to discredit them. Today, the word “socialism” is seen positively by millions, especially the youth, and even among many who consider themselves Republicans. Eight years ago, the possibility of electing the first black or woman president was foremost on many people’s minds. Today, an elderly Jew impersonated by Larry David who calls himself a socialist is giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money. How to explain the fact that millions of Americans now consider themselves socialists? The Great American Compromise. It has been said that the American people have a genius for compromise, and that the US Constitution is its most sublime legal expression. For decades after its adoption, the Southern slave owners and the nascent Northern industrialists were able to compromise their way out of many “near misses” that threatened to rip apart the young republic. But the time eventually came when there was no more room for compromise. The old set up was torn up in an explosive and transformative revolutionary conflagration. After the US Civil War, a new era of compromise was initiated, this time between capitalists and workers. Choosing Between Leukemia And A Brain Tumor: Clinton v. Trump In 2. 01. 6During the Balkan crisis in 1. Alija Izetbegovic, then president of Bosnia, which of his two dangerous neighbors he preferred having to deal with- -Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Serbia, or Franjo Tudjman, the president of Croatia. Debs ran for president from inside a federal penitentiary (winning nearly 4% of the national vote) have working class and poor Americans had such a fierce advocate for their interests during an election season. Throughout the campaign, Sanders supporters had suspected the Democratic Party establishment of secretly trying to destroy their candidate. With Sanders now out of the way, the Democratic machine predictably next went to work vilifying the millions of so- called . The latter don't have any souls to search, and they are prepared to run the nation and even the world into the ground, rather than to relinquish their hold on power.
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