[VIDEO] Voting & Electoralism: Steelman Debates Steelman
This video is a debate between two fictional characters: One in favor of voting and electoralism, the other bitterly opposed.
My personal opinion is I don’t have a problem with voting but believe that electoralism is harmful. Regardless of whether or not you vote, we should focus on building a mass-movement to win reforms by our own actions and build our capacity for revolution.
This video was published two weeks before the 2020 U.S. election and uses it as an example. However, the issues discussed and arguments made can generally apply to any “democratic” country in any year.
The Trump Era is Over, Now it's Time for Biden
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 1 2021 15:05
The recent change-over in the White House will not lead to major changes in American politics. On the domestic front the moderate Biden will be forced to concede something to keep his electorate quiet, but in foreign policy very little new will be produced by the new Democratic president.
Storming of the Capitol: The Working Class Has its Own Battles to Fight
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 13 2021 20:20
Statement of the Internationalist Communist Tendency
Capitol Riot: The Grambling of Democratic Imagination
Submitted by Mumakil on Jan 7 2021 18:56
These events were not an aberration from democracy, because simply the USA were never democratic in the first place. They weren’t democratic when they had slaves, they certainly weren’t democratic when the segregation laws were in place, the separation of normal citizens and Others due to the color of their skin, and of course, they remained un-democratic when the Jim Crow laws withdrew and the ugly systemic racism was swept under the rag.
The US Election is Over: The Capitalist Nightmare Continues!
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 7 2020 12:54
With the election of Biden to the post of “leader” of the so-called “free world”, many are celebrating. The US ruling class are, of course, delighted to see the back of Trump whom they accuse of having made a complete mess of protecting US interests. The embarrassment of the previous four years can now be swept under the carpet and business as usual can recommence.
The Election is Over: The Capitalist Class has Won
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 14 2020 13:09
Statement from the Internationalist Workers' Group, affiliate of the ICT in the USA.
Preparing for Electoral Unrest and a Right-Wing Power Grab: An Analysis - Peter Gelderloos
In the following analysis, Peter Gelderloos explores the motivations and capabilities of the various factions that are likely to participate in the forthcoming conflict over the outcome of the 2020 election, describes how this figures in right-wing efforts to establish a revamped white supremacy in the context of the existing democratic system, and reviews what we can hope to accomplish by resisting. This article was first published by Crimethinc.
