The Strategic Activist
You don’t defeat the enemy in one fight, you grind down their political and moral foundation until holding the status quo costs more than yielding to change.
You don’t defeat the enemy in one fight, you grind down their political and moral foundation until holding the status quo costs more than yielding to change.
If socialism is to be a mass movement, it must speak in the language of those it seeks to organize.
The real story of social change isn’t found in the explosive moments that make history books, but in the countless ordinary hours that make those moments possible.
Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.
Either we tear down the monetary veil and seize our collective future, or we perish under the weight of capitalist lies.
The documentary is a good first step, like a union organizer’s introductory pamphlet. But it’s only telling half the story.
Inflation is not some natural economic phenomenon, nor is it merely the result of too much money chasing too few goods. That’s the myth popularized by Milton Friedman and his monetarist acolytes.
MMT insights become revolutionary only when wielded by movements strong enough to break capital’s structural power.
Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?