It saddens me that y'all seem to think that Obama and his people somehow stand for the left wing in the United States.
We have a small, but distinct left wing here. You can find it in magazines like Jacobin or Current Affairs. You can find it in many backers of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Or in Occupy.
But Obama? The left in the United States has spent eight years yelling bloody murder about his spying, his favors to the banksters, and his corporate giveaways. Obama's era has feature apthe combination of "not fighting hard for the good stuff he says he wants" and "fighting very hard for the bad stuff he wants". Don't lump him in with us.
We have a small, but distinct left wing here. You can find it in magazines like Jacobin or Current Affairs. You can find it in many backers of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Or in Occupy.
But Obama? The left in the United States has spent eight years yelling bloody murder about his spying, his favors to the banksters, and his corporate giveaways. Obama's era has feature apthe combination of "not fighting hard for the good stuff he says he wants" and "fighting very hard for the bad stuff he wants". Don't lump him in with us.