As has been noted by myself an others for quite some time, the left has abandoned all pretense of being against massive multinational corporate oligarchies, in favor of openly humping their legs in return for a steady dopamine fix, some shiny technological baubles, and promises of security from big scary weather and unseeable scary viruses.
The great Raheem Kassam outlines this somewhat baffling self-betrayal in the following....
On September 11, 2000, the "S11 Alliance," comprised of Australia's Democratic Socialist Party, the International Socialist Organization, the Socialist Alternative, the Workers' Power and an assortment of other socialist, environmental and anarchist groups, participated in one of the largest-ever protests against the World Economic Forum.
Over the course of a few days, over 10,000 people—overwhelmingly from the political Left—descended on the Crown Towers and the surrounding areas, where Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum (WEF) was hosting its Asia-Pacific Economic Summit.
Though the Alliance's stated goal to stop the conference in totality was never realized, activists took solace from the large turnouts, the police confrontations that highlighted the state's defense of corporate attendees and a large-scale public awareness campaign that ensued as a result of their direct action.
On the back of then-recent protests in London, Seattle and Melbourne, the self-proclaimed "anti-globalization" movement had the wind at its back.
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So what happened to the chants of that day? "Our world is not for sale!" Or, "The people, united, will never be defeated!"
Well, as far as its own admissions make clear, the Left has failed to remain united.
More importantly, the Left decided that the world was, in fact, for sale.
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The great Raheem Kassam outlines this somewhat baffling self-betrayal in the following....
On September 11, 2000, the "S11 Alliance," comprised of Australia's Democratic Socialist Party, the International Socialist Organization, the Socialist Alternative, the Workers' Power and an assortment of other socialist, environmental and anarchist groups, participated in one of the largest-ever protests against the World Economic Forum.
Over the course of a few days, over 10,000 people—overwhelmingly from the political Left—descended on the Crown Towers and the surrounding areas, where Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum (WEF) was hosting its Asia-Pacific Economic Summit.
Though the Alliance's stated goal to stop the conference in totality was never realized, activists took solace from the large turnouts, the police confrontations that highlighted the state's defense of corporate attendees and a large-scale public awareness campaign that ensued as a result of their direct action.
On the back of then-recent protests in London, Seattle and Melbourne, the self-proclaimed "anti-globalization" movement had the wind at its back.
<snip>
So what happened to the chants of that day? "Our world is not for sale!" Or, "The people, united, will never be defeated!"
Well, as far as its own admissions make clear, the Left has failed to remain united.
More importantly, the Left decided that the world was, in fact, for sale.
Davos: The Left Didn't Eat the Rich. The Rich Ate the Left.
The anti-globalization fight is now the Right's to lose.
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