The Democrats’ warmongering and attack on democratic rights come
together in the persecution of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange,
whose enduring contribution to the population of the world was the
exposure of the crimes of American imperialism. For this, Assange is
currently imprisoned in Britain, facing imminent rendition to the United
States. The courageous whistleblower Chelsea Manning is in jail for
refusing to testify against him.
Such is Clinton’s defense of “our democracy.”
All of this further demonstrates that in the conflict between Trump
and the Democratic Party there is no progressive or democratic faction.
The anti-Russia narrative has not been challenged by any section of the
Democratic Party, including Bernie Sanders, who is again seeking to
cover up this warmongering party with a thin veneer of social reforms
that it has no intention of implementing.
The conflict between the Democrats and the Trump administration is a
conflict between two reactionary factions of the ruling class. All those
political organizations and groups that are seeking to direct social
opposition behind the Democratic Party are playing the most criminal
role. They are no less terrified than Trump and the Democrats of the
development of a genuine socialist movement of the working class, which
will oppose American capitalism and its wars.
-- Joseph Kishore, "Hillary Clinton’s McCarthyite rant" (WSWS).