Bernie and AOC’s tour does absolutely NOTHING for progress. ZERO. They are not organizing disruptions to the economy. They are not organizing mutual defense training. They are not organizing an alternative to the oligarchs.
They are doing one thing only: fomenting illusions in the genocidal, strike-breaking, wealth supremacist, oligarch-controlled Democratic Party; doing everything possible to prevent an alternative from coalescing out of necessity, either by voters moving to the Green Party, or by organizing new parties that can eventually coalesce into a single alternative nationally while remaining independent locally.
Except by making their tour “Fighting Oligarchy” they create and maintain the illusion that the Democratic Party doesn’t work for rich donors.
Like the health insurers that lobby against Medicare for All. Like the real-estate lobby that fights affordable social housing. Like the defense contractors that fight peace. Like the oil and gas companies that fight real energy reform. And so on.
– Eric Fernández
via social media
May 14, 2025
via social media
May 14, 2025
Butch Ware on His Run for
California Governor and the Wider Goal
of Disrupting the Duopoly
Related Off-site Links:
We Need More Independent, Working-Class Political Candidates – Nick French (Jacobin, March 25, 2025).
Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism – The Humanist Report (March 6, 2025).
Wimpy Democrats Cannot Lead This Fight Against Trump – Ralph Nader (Common Dreams, March 24, 2025).
Sanders and AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight “”Oligarchy” in Denver – Eloise Goldsmith (Common Dreams, March 22, 2025).
Bernie Sanders Attempts to Divert Opposition to Trump Behind the Democratic Party and Support for War with Russia – Jacob Crosse and Andre Damon (World Socialist Web Site, March 6, 2025).
Sanders: Tour with Ocasio-Cortez Meant to Encourage More Independent Candidates – Tara Suter (The Hill, March 20, 2025).
Sanders Pushes Progressives to Run as Independents in Response to Election Losses – Austin Denean (NBC-15 News, March 21, 2025).
Jill Stein and Kshama Sawant on the Fight the Rich Movement – Sabby Sabs (January 26, 2025).
Trump Is Unpopular – and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats – Jeet Heer (The Nation, February 18, 2025).
If You’re a Democrat Annoyed by Outraged Voters, You Are Doing It Wrong – Norman Solomon (Common Dreams, February 24, 2025).
Democrats Are MIA – Just When the Country Needs Them to Counter the Trump-Musk Blitzkrieg – David Corn (Mother Jones, February 24, 2025).
Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, February 12, 2025).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Progressive Perspectives on Bernie Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour
• Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism
• An Opportunity for Organizing Against Duopoly
• Building Solidarity on the Left
• “It Is Our Responsibility to Make a Third Party Viable”
• “The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly
• Democrat Talk on the Eve of Trump’s Return
• Breaking the Mold: Why Progressives Should Push for Marianne Williamson to Lead the DNC
• Inauguration Day Thoughts
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Election
• “A New Chapter of the Democratic Party Needs to Begin”
• What the Republican Party Now Stands For
• The Lamentable Legacy of the Biden Administration
• Jill Stein: “We Give Reasons for People to Come Out and Vote”
• We’re Witnessing a Liberal Meltdown Over Jill Stein
• Butch Ware: “You Can Actually Vote Your Conscience”
• Peter Bloom on the Unmasking of the “Democratic Charade”
• The “Green Smoothie” Option
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• When Democrats Undermine Democracy
• Elise Labott on How Third Parties Can Revitalize Democracy
• Something to Think About – August 15, 2024
• Centrist/Corporatist Democrats Have Just Launched “Left Punching” Season
• “Americans Deserve Choices”: Jill Stein on Breaking Points – 4/30/24
• AOC Falls in Line
• The Cassandra of U.S. Politics on the “True State of the Union”
• Will Democrats Never Learn?
• “The Next Step Is a Green Step”: Cornel West Endorses Jill Stein (2016)
• Hope Over Fear: Voting Green
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