#politicalrevolution

Is the Time Ripe for a New Party?

Submitted by Dirk Droll on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 4:00pm

To answer this question, two contributing questions must be answered: Is a new party necessary, and is it possible? These answers are straightforward:

  1. Most of us will agree that change is necessary. So, if the political monopoly formed by our twin party tyranny is beyond reform, then a new party is necessary.
  2. New parties started from scratch have never yet grown powerful after the first parties in our nation formed and thereafter blocked all new ones; but new parties arising from the break-up of failing major parties have succeeded! So, at least when this condition is met, it actually is possible.

So, how does the land currently lay?

Inauguration Day Obituary – Serious Thoughts Amidst the Hoopla

Submitted by Dirk Droll on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 2:00pm

This is not an obituary of a late president, nor of departing Obama, but of a presidency we could have had. No, not of America’s first female president, either — a crooked election rigger, Wall Street shill, and arms dealer, whom we can be glad we were spared (though Trump with his cabinet composed of plutocratic oligarchs may not be much better).

FYI, a brave diary posted on Daily Kos by SpudDK

Submitted by Older and Wiser Now on Sat, 12/03/2016 - 8:05pm

I urge you to consider reading it, and supporting it if you are so inclined.

"It's Time To Move On"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/03/1606967/-Its-Time-To-Move-On

The place has been hopping the past few days, pushing back on the notion that Trump won because America is racist.

Has Bernie Betrayed The Movement? Not If You Were Listening Closely

Submitted by Political Revol... on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 1:35am

Many Bernie Sanders supporters are feeling that Bernie Sanders has betrayed his movement and this political moment. I think this sense of betrayal is a fundamental misreading of what Bernie Sanders has said for the past 15 months as well as misunderstanding what it means to be a civilly engaged.