The left needs a resurgence

It's time for the left to come out and play during these "tough times". During this financial mess, the right-wing has been stealing our thunder and have been at the forefront in crticizing the policies of both presidents in this country. The left has been asleep at the wheel while groups like Tea Party USA have sprouted up and people like Glenn Beck have been on the air taking it to the state. Everywhere else in the world, the Left is hard at work in rebuilding alliances and even rioting and ousting governments. Here in the US However, we seem to be sitting back and hoping for a revolution.


The policies that are coming out of the asses of Obama and Geithner can be easily criticized by the left. AIG bailout is bad because corporate welfare is bad, This mess would never happen under a democratically run syndicalist nation, Why should we believe in the free market if the wall street fucks don't even believe in it etc etc. So why isn't the left taking these simple stances? It seems as though we just love to sit back and hope, when are we going to finally come up with proposals of our own? When was the last time you've read an economic proposal from a leftist POV? Do we not realize that witht he lack of proposals from the right, if anybody from the left came out with a proposal of their own we could steal their thunder and win over public support? Here's what needs to happen for us to gain our edge on the populist anger:


A-Economic proposal that makes syndicalism it's main focus. It's my belief that the country is not ready for anything more radical and that people in this country want to work hard for their living. With Syndicalism we can do this AND have a much more fair economy with it being democratically run.

B-We need a leader to come out of the ashes. We need somebody with charisma and charm. Right now, we have nobody. The people who created the new left in the 60's don't relate to the generation of today. We can't keep going back to those leaders. We need new people to step up and make us relevant again.


C-We need to be more visible. If we held tea party like protests AND had the things above I mentioned, we'd be on the air all the time even though the media hates us. We musn't be violent in our protests, but we need huge rallies on wall street and going towards capital hill. If we show that we have numbers(And I do believe we have numbers), then the average dude in Montana might think we're a sane group of people with real concerns and we can make a lasting change.


D-Finally, we need to avoid using words like "evil" and "needs". I fall into this trap too, but if we continue to come up with "the people don't NEED those things" or "those EVIL capitalists are ruining our lives", we will fail to gain support. Nobody wants to hear these things. However, we can make arguments that make the same point as those above arguments without the use of those words. Those words just make us look angry.


We need an all of the above strategy. We can't simply protest without a plan of our own and we can't simply have a leader who doesn't know what he's talking about IE:Glenn Beck. If we do all of these things and more, we'll head for the change we all desire and hopefuly live in a peaceful democratic world.

Boring

Man for a city that is supposed to be all about the sin, it's pretty fucking boring here. Basically all my friends hate me for not traveling and I've been stuck figuring out what to do here in this shitty town. Of course me not enjoying sin as much as I used to doesn't help either. I used to say fuck it on the weekends and get totally blasted and then find myself enjoying making fun of stupid people. Now, I have quit drinking and smoking cigs and find myself sitting at home bored out of my kind trying to figure out how to have a clean fun time. It isn't working. I see drunk people and automatically start to want a drink. I see people smoking a ciggy and I want to enjoy a ciggy. Then, I wake up the next morning bitching at myself for not taking a drink just to get laid or to at least enjoy myself.


I know what your saying, You can still got o a show or a club and have fun without drinking. The problem is that I wouldn't know how to do that. I've never done that in my life,sadly. I would actually think about my actions if I'm sober and that's no fun for me as if I think too much, I always end up deciding against doing anything for fear of jail,getting some horrible std,ending up in some hood I don't particularly like etc etc. Basically I think too hard about my actions when I'm sober and then freak out. It sucks.


Maybe I should allow myself a monthly drink day. A day where I just get wasted? Maybe I need to go to more of those anarcho-meetings or maybe some hardcore shows? Either way, I need to enjoy my weekends more or else, I'll end up squatting again which is something I don't wanna do.

Terrorism and Ron Paul!

I knew that idiot Ron Paul was a no good piece of shit. According to a study, those with Ron Paul bumper stickers are most likely to be parts of militias. Apparently, the US has finally targeted somebody other than the leftists! Seriously though, if they're going to target these folks who are really not far from the mainstream(Ron Paul came in 2nd in Nevada Primary), then what's to say they won't go after somebody like the Greens next and then anybody who even disagrees with the state on issues?


Oh wait, they already have been going after these folks. Dave Zirin on a TV show a few weeks ago talked about how he and his friends were targeted for being part of a anti-death penalty group. Possibly the most mainstream of issues you can get and they were targeted. This all boils down to the state wanting full control over opinion. They can't just fire on people with thugs anymore, they need covert action like this to make you afraid of spreading your political beliefs, even if they are not all that radical. We used to bitch about the Soviets for doing this and really we were never any different from them in this respect. We have always put down dissent and this study on militia members is only a remainder of our long history of dissent bashing.