The U.S. presidential election is just 45 days away, and for antiwar voters, the policy differences between the two leading candidates are vanishingly thin. As the Biden-Harris administration continues to supply billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, the Uncommitted National Movement, which for months has attempted to steer the Democratic Party toward a more critical stance on Israel, has announced it is not endorsing Kamala Harris. Neither does the organization recommend casting a third-party vote, citing the risk of splitting the two-party vote and ushering in a second term for Donald Trump. “We were not met in good faith with our policy demands,” says the Uncommitted National Movement’s co-founder Lexis Zeidan about its attempts to parley with the Harris campaign. Zeidan says the organization will continue to pressure Democrats from within and outside of the party. “What we’re asking is not outrageous.”
Let me clarify. I am skeptical that the picture presented “Trump wins = Democracy ends vs. Harris wins = Democracy prevails” is accurate.
We were told voting Biden would solve things in 2020. It did not.
Democrats had 4 years, or rather 8 years including Trumps first presidency to acknowledge the threat to democracy and prepare to counter it. However what we saw under Biden and to a lesser extent Harris, was to go for business as usual and choose paddling to neoliberal donors over making fundamental policy changes to “progressive” economic, social and foreign policies. “progressive” because what would be revolutionary by US standards is conservative by the standards of most other developed nations, e.g. access to healthcare, workers rights, prevention of child labour…
And we need to understand that Biden stepped down under heavy pressure and Harris was set to continue, because she is the defacto continuation of his administration. There is nothing past some rhetorical differences that truly puts her apart. she became VP because she was a reliable technocrat, not because she had particular popularity among the people like for instance Bernie Sanders had.
So there is no indication that the Democrats have any motivation and plans to address the issues threatening American democracy. Meanwhile they have shown to crack down on peoples initiatives to address these issues. Be it Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter or now the protests on US campuses against the genocide in Gaza.
The way i see it, the US is headed for another civil war, and it will come regardless of Democrats or Republicans being in power at the time. Also what we saw is the Democrats becoming increasingly authoritarian in the way they conducted themselves in the election process so far. The discussion about Bidens mental health was shunned and it was doubled down on him as the candidate, until it was impossible to hold. Harris was declared successor, without opening up to properly discuss where the party should head and who would be the best candidate.
Let me clarify. I am skeptical that the picture presented “Trump wins = Democracy ends vs. Harris wins = Democracy prevails” is accurate.
We were told voting Biden would solve things in 2020. It did not.
Democrats had 4 years, or rather 8 years including Trumps first presidency to acknowledge the threat to democracy and prepare to counter it. However what we saw under Biden and to a lesser extent Harris, was to go for business as usual and choose paddling to neoliberal donors over making fundamental policy changes to “progressive” economic, social and foreign policies. “progressive” because what would be revolutionary by US standards is conservative by the standards of most other developed nations, e.g. access to healthcare, workers rights, prevention of child labour…
And we need to understand that Biden stepped down under heavy pressure and Harris was set to continue, because she is the defacto continuation of his administration. There is nothing past some rhetorical differences that truly puts her apart. she became VP because she was a reliable technocrat, not because she had particular popularity among the people like for instance Bernie Sanders had.
So there is no indication that the Democrats have any motivation and plans to address the issues threatening American democracy. Meanwhile they have shown to crack down on peoples initiatives to address these issues. Be it Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter or now the protests on US campuses against the genocide in Gaza.
The way i see it, the US is headed for another civil war, and it will come regardless of Democrats or Republicans being in power at the time. Also what we saw is the Democrats becoming increasingly authoritarian in the way they conducted themselves in the election process so far. The discussion about Bidens mental health was shunned and it was doubled down on him as the candidate, until it was impossible to hold. Harris was declared successor, without opening up to properly discuss where the party should head and who would be the best candidate.