It’s a compilation, says Figueredo, that “showcases the [Blue-Brown] class solidarity between wealthy liberals [the ‘vote (corporatist) Blue no matter who’ crowd] and wealthy fascists [the ‘Brown’ in the Blue-Brown coalition, a reference to the Brownshirts of Nazi Germany] who both feel threatened by the rise of socialism.”
Contines Figueredo:
If it feels like they’re more hysterical than ever before, that’s because they are. They’re trying to whip people into a frenzy before Tuesday’s primaries where multiple socialists and socialist adjacent candidates are going to face-off against their establishment opponents.
. . . Our country right now is at a crossroads. Our political establishment has thoroughly failed us. And they’ve failed so badly that the only viable form of politics right now is populism. . . . The question is: Given the choice between psuedo populism in the form of fascist demagoguery and left-wing economic populism in the form of class warfare and socialism, which side are we going to choose?
Figueredo’s timely and insightful 25-minute video commentary can be viewed in its entirety below.
Related Off-site Links:
David Pakman Leads Rich Cringe Dem Revolt Against DSA – Due Dissidence (July 28, 2025).
Corporate Media Losing Its Mind Over Dem Socialist Surge – Status Coup News (July 29, 2025).
Centrists in Shambles As Socialist Francesca Hong Surges to Wisconsin Governor Lead – Breaking Points (July 28, 2026).
The Atlantic Magazine Is Terrified of Democratic Socialism – Jacobin (July 27, 2026).
Kshama Sawant: My Independent Socialist Campaign Will Defeat Adam Smith – Breaking Points (July 27, 2026).
Centrists Are Not More “Electable” – Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs, July 27, 2026).
James Carville’s War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires – David Moore (Sludge, July 25, 2026).
Here Comes the Inevitable Backlash to DSA’s Rise – Ross Barkan (The Nation, July 24, 2026).
Our Favorite Progressive Candidate in 2026 – Brendan Trachsel, Green Party Candidate for Arizona House of Representatives District 6 – JeJune Magazine (July 23, 2026).
Kshama Sawant on Confronting Bad Politicians in Both Parties – Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs, July 17, 2026).
Revolutionary Optimism Takes Practice – Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter, July 20, 2026).
Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism – The Humanist Report (March 6, 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:
SOCIALISM
• Jeff Waldorf: Quote of the Day – July 3, 2026
• Marx and Class Struggle – Then and Now
• A Socialist Agenda for 2026
• Memes of the Times – November 23, 2025
• Matthew Cooke on the Fallacy That Socialism “Doesn't Work”
• No, Hitler and the Nazis Weren’t Socialists
• Socialist Equality Party: Quote of the Day – October 19, 2025
• “Hopeful and Grounded”: Omar Fateh’s Vision of Democratic Socialism
• Mark Harris: Quote of the Day – August 10, 2023
• Heather Cox Richardson on the Origin of the American Obsession with “Socialism”
• Martin Luther King, Jr. and Democratic Socialism
• “We Must Challenge the Entire System”
• The Biblical Roots of “From Each According to Ability; To Each According to Need”
THE FAILURES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
• Tony Pentimalli on the Fallacy of the “Safe Political Center”
• Kshama Sawant on the Democrats’ Shutdown Cave
• David Norton: “The Democratic Party Serves Capital, Not You”
• Robert Reich on the “Big Ugly Cave” by Senate Democrats
• Mike Figueredo on the “Political Malpractice” of the Democratic Party
• Ted Rall: Democrats Are Not “the Left”
• Exposing the Dark Money Network Secretly Funding Establishment Democratic Influencers
• Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism
• Howie Hawkins: “The Democrats Are Not the Answer to the Trump/Fascism Problem”
• The Longstanding Fault Lines Within the Democratic Party Have Surfaced Again in Minnesota
• Jeff Cohen on How Obama’s “Corporate Liberalism” Led to the Rise of Trump
• Progressive Perspectives on Bernie Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour
• Eric Fernández: Quote of the Day – May 14, 2025
• Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2025
• Democrat Talk on the Eve of Trump’s Return
• When Democrats Undermine Democracy
• Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
MIKE FIGUEREDO
• “Trump Is Scared Shitless”
• Mike Figueredo on Why Trump Might Be Pushing the U.S. to the Brink of Collapse
• Mike Figueredo: “Elected Democrats Have No Real Interest in Doing What the Base Wants”
• Mike Figueredo on the “Political Malpractice” of the Democratic Party
• How Democrats Can Start Winning Again
• Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism
• Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s 2024 Presidential Run: “There’s No Downside to Her Doing This”
SIGNS OF HOPE
• “The Answer, Actually, Is Hope”
• Eddie Glaude: A “Radical Refusal” Is Happening
• Butch Ware on “Red & Blue vs Green Politics”
• Progressive Perspectives on Zohran Mamdani’s Win in New York City
• “No Kings”? Absolutely. But Also “No Oligarchy”
• Chris Smalls: We Need to Escape the “Two-Party Plantation”
• Kshama Sawant: Independent Working-class Campaigns Can Succeed
• The Rational National’s Take on Zohran Mamdani
• Omar Fateh: “We Need to Meet the Needs of Working People”
• Something to Think About – July 25, 2025
• In His Efforts to “Build a City That Works for All,” Omar Fateh Secures a Key Endorsement
• Butch Ware on His Run for California Governor and the Wider Goal of Disrupting the Duopoly
• Marianne Williamson on the Need for “Radical Love” in Responding to Trump’s Dismantling of Democracy
• “Protesting Is What Patriotism Looks Like in Public”
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