This edition's playlist

 

 

 

1) Haim's WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III,

2)  Harry Style's FINE LINE. 

 

3) Diana Ross' SUPERTONIC MIXES.

 

4) Dionne Warwick's SHE'S BACK. 

5) The Pretenders' HATE FOR SALE.

 

6) Brandy's B7.

7) Fiona Apple's FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS.

8) Bob Dylan's ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS.

9)  Alanis Morissette's SUCH PRETTY FORKS IN THE ROAD.




10) Hamilton Leithauser's THE LOVES OF YOUR LIFE .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La Riva Campaign Files for Ballot Access in Tennessee

 The Gloria La Riva campaign is on the ballot in 14 states, plus write ins!

 

 

 

 

 

 

#Socialism2020 Socialist candidates Kishore and Santa Cruz discuss the Democratic National Convention

 

Follow our campaign for US president and vice president at https://socialism2020.org #Socialism2020

 

 

 

 

 

Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen 2020 Unlock Justice - Campaign Ad

 

 End qualified immunity. End the militarization of the police force. End civil asset forfeiture. End no-knock raids. End the war on drugs. End institutional racism. Make our justice system a system of actual justice. www.jo20.com Created by Dan Smotz of Goulash Films: goulashfilms.com

 

 

 

Book TV: An Independent Party of the Left from the Bottom Up

 

 Join Howie Hawkins, Green Party nominee for President, as he discusses his recent book, "he Case for An Independent Left Party: From the Bottom-Up" with Krystal Ball is the co-host of Rising on Hill TV and Bhaskar Sunkara a founder and editor of Jacobin. Hosted by Ajamu Baraka, 2016 Green Party vice presidential nominee and National Organizer and Spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace.

 

 

 

Truest statement of the week

 Under these conditions, enormous pressure is being brought to bear to convince workers and young people to support the campaign of Biden and Harris. Whatever reservations they may have over the right-wing character of the Democratic Party and its candidates, the argument goes, this is the only way to get rid of Trump. Everything else must be subordinated to this electoral outcome.

This is hardly the first election in which such “lesser evil” arguments were advanced. In 1988, it was a matter of voting for Dukakis, the right-wing governor from Massachusetts, to finally put an end to the Reagan years. After Dukakis lost to George H.W. Bush, the following election in 1992 became a matter of putting an end to the Bush years by electing Bill Clinton, whose right-wing policies cleared the path for Bush II in 2000. In 2008, the argument became the need to elect Obama, the “candidate of hope and change,” in order to end the disaster produced by Bush II, above all, the war in Iraq.

Obama continued the most right-wing policies of George W. Bush (with whom, by the way, he has established a close personal friendship), including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the overseeing of the Wall Street bailout following the 2008 financial collapse. It was the right-wing policies of Obama and the nomination of Hillary Clinton on the basis of a prowar program, glossed over with identity politics, that created the conditions for the election of Trump in 2016.

This act, in other words, has been played out before, and each time the result is a further shift to the right of the entire political establishment.

In this case, amidst all the hoopla over the “historic” character of the Biden-Harris ticket, attributed entirely to the race and gender of Harris, the nominees have been selected through the machinations of the Democratic Party against the candidacy of Bernie Sanders and even Elizabeth Warren.

That is, the Democratic Party’s campaign is founded on a repudiation of any suggestion that it will carry out a policy of social reform. The Democrats are not even making the pretense of providing a program to address the catastrophe unfolding in the United States.

-- Joseph Kishore, "The Biden/Harris campaign and the dead-end of “lesser evil” politics" (WSWS).

Truest statement of the week II

 But we might be permitted to ask: Is there any figure the Democrats could nominate that Jacobin and the DSA would not claim could “gesture [!] leftward under pressure”? If they selected Genghis Khan, Jacobin would perhaps find something positive to say about the role he played in uniting the tribes of Northeast Asia. Or perhaps Donald Trump himself, (who, it should be noted, donated to Harris’ campaign in 2016), if he were to jump political ship again and run on the Democratic ticket, would be discovered to have some saving grace.

The aim of organizations like Jacobin and the DSA is always to maintain the political domination of the Democratic Party. Whether it is the idea that the Democratic Party is the “lesser evil,” advocating for its reform, or “pressuring” its representatives to the left, the goal is the same: to block what they fear the most--an independent working class mobilization.

As the Democratic Party moves further to the right, the task of these figures becomes all the more challenging. They must attempt to maintain their political credibility among young people who are disillusioned with the Democratic Party while at the same time keeping workers and youth tied hand and foot to the political establishment. They are constantly calibrating their message based on what is necessary to sell it.

-- Genevieve Leigh, "Jacobin Magazine on the selection of Kamala Harris: Stick with the Democrats!" (WSWS). 

 

A note to our readers

 Hey --

Early Tuesday morning.  At last. 

Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:


The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,

Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen, 

Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.

And what did we come up with? 

• Truest statement of the week
• Truest statement of the week II
• Editorial: Good thing the prime minister is defend...
• TV: MUPPETS NOW now?
• Joe Biden and his empty bag of tricks
• The strong need for make up
• #WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs and what it means for #P...
• Other campaigns react to the news that Kamala Harr...
• This edition's playlist
• Tweet of the week
• 75 years: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki--the ...
• Texas voters meet Libertarian presidential nominee...
• RELEASE: Democrats’ Efforts to Deny Ballot Lines t...
• Highlights

Peace,


-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.