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Mark Taylor's avatar

In a sold-out political system the vast majority of officeholders are sell-outs and sycophants to the true holders of power -- the corporations and the wealthy.

Initially, I wasn't planning to vote on any races above community and county level but have been impressed with Jill Stein's courage and forthrightness in calling out the evil of our corrupt system. However, I wish the Green Party could pull things together. Several days ago I went to the Wisconsin Green Party website to check out what they were up to and how I might volunteer.

It was a poorly designed page that was difficult to read. But I plowed on. Under the "Events" page there was nothing. I continued exploring the site and began noticing that the few reader comments on the site were three to TEN years old. The comments usually expressed strong support and encouragement of the GP and inquired how they might volunteer.

Knowing full well what would happen, I used the 'Contact' tab and sent a note of support and offered to volunteer. As expected, there has been no response.

Yet more affirmation that the needed change cannot come from the dead n' done American political process. We aren't gonna vote our way of this cess pool.

Chris Hedges released a video yesterday on resistance and drawing from various successful reform and revolutionary movements he lays out things that have worked. As usual, he provides lots of practical guidance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpt28mQQRIw

In the presentation he quotes from Vincet Bevins' new book "If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution", which assess what went askew with recent movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy. I have yet to read it, but have seen several interviews with him and I think he is pointing out obvious steps reformers need to look at. Here's a write up: https://www.amazon.com/If-We-Burn-Protest-Revolution/dp/1541788974/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EC9JN4QZ1YUF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QJG8hQWbReBJFpveqZvzM4aKPAS9gh5wIMOai-YEI3w.22lwYzBasHWh8Z70yrKrFlpjEF0mPal8NKjWUfZWifQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=vincent+bevins+if+we+burn&qid=1726549818&sprefix=vincent+bevi%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

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Celine C.'s avatar

It really is an upside down world when you have presidential candidates openly supporting a genocide and happy to risk a nuclear confrontation with Russia, China,etc. in order to look "patriotic" and good, moral candidates slandered for caring about peace and prosperity for the working class. Did we collectively fall down Alice's rabbit hole? Thanks to the protesters and revolutionary thinkers fighting this immoral upside down system!

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