Real Despair

[Carrol Cox]

The measure of hope in the U.S. is the percentage
of progressive activists and theorists in the United
States who have, once and for all, cut all ties with
the Democratic Party or any of its candidatesd at
any level. in primaries or general elections.

The level of Depair is to be measured by the number
of progressive activists who think that somewhere there
is at least one Democrat, runing _as_ a Democrat,
who should be supported.

Over on the marxism list I have recently carried out a
brief struggle around the myth that there exist "divisions"
within the U.S. ruling class. Belief in such divisions is
another marker of deep despair in disguise. That
belief is the chief ground upon which class collaborationism
(opportunism, whatever nasty bit of jargon you prefer)
fattens. And its chief manifestation is this bizarre belief
that anything good, even in the short run, can come
from working within or alongside of or in any relation
other than utterly committed opposition to the
Democratic Party.

Carrol