Two Parties, Three Parties, or only One Party. It makes little
difference when the Power is held by our Landed Gentry, the owners of
the United States of America. Even if we eliminated all political
parties nothing would change so long as the existing Establishment
holds the control. Another long, hard fought election is coming
around in one short year...after we've already subjected ourselves to
about two years of campaigning. Billions of dollars change hands, but
only among the "Political Players". That is not most of us.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/2/19, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://themilitant.com/2019/11/02/2020-campaign-reflects-crisis-of-us-rulers-two-party-system/
2020 campaign reflects crisis of US rulers??? two party system
??By Terry Evans
Vol. 83/No. 41
November 11, 2019
Well short of the backing they need from Republicans to impeach and oust
President Donald Trump before the 2020 election, many Democrats are
becoming increasingly nervous that none of the 18 candidates contesting
their party???s presidential nomination is capable of beating him at the
polls.
???There is genuine concern that the horse many have bet on [Joe Biden]
may be pulling up lame,??? David Axelrod, a long-time Democratic Party
operative and former adviser to Barack Obama, told the New York Times.
???And the horse who has sprinted out front [Elizabeth Warren] may not be
able to win.???
The crusade to impeach and indict Trump is driven by liberals??? contempt
for ??? and fear of ??? the millions of working people who either voted for
Trump in 2016, or who couldn???t bring themselves to vote for either
candidate of the two main capitalist parties. Convinced that these
workers are backward and bigoted, liberals want at all costs to get
Trump out now to prevent working people from electing him again in 2020.
Hillary Clinton, who smeared Trump supporters as ???deplorables??? when she
lost to him in 2016, has stepped up her public appearances, refusing to
rule out running again. Others from her wing of the party, like former
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Secretary of State John
Kerry are being urged to get into the race.
Weeks after launching their impeachment inquiry into the president ???
built around secret hearings and copious leaks to the press ??? Democrats
now say they will put authorization for their inquisition up for a vote
in the House.
Democratic House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that the six House
committees investigating Trump will then place their ???findings??? before
the Judiciary Committee so it can?? consider filing articles of
impeachment.
But liberals aren???t convinced that their ???evidence??? against Trump will
be sufficient to get him thrown out. It rests on the president???s request
that the Ukrainian government probe corruption, including Hunter Biden???s
efforts to profit from his father???s position as vice president.
So they continue to dig around on other fronts. New York prosecutors got
a court ruling that Trump must hand over his tax returns to a criminal
investigation they are pursuing, a move the president appealed Oct. 23.
The Democrat-led House Ways and Means Committee has sued the Treasury
Department and the Internal Revenue Service to try to force them to hand
over Trump???s returns.
Their goal is to criminalize those they disagree with.
Democrats use of FBI and CIA agents against Trump opens the door for the
use of the U.S. rulers??? political police and criminal ???justice??? system
against others they see as enemies. First and foremost this includes
militant workers the U.S. rulers fear will wage struggles to defend
themselves under the impact of the deepening crisis of capitalism.
Leaders of the Socialist Workers Party and the Minneapolis Teamsters
union were convicted in 1941 for organizing opposition among workers to
the rulers??? drive to join the Second World War. This attack was led by
Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the liberals who stocked
his administration.
Stability of two-party system shaken
The ruling rich have not been able to restore the stability of their
two-party system, damaged in 2016. That setup works by convincing
working people that their only ???choice??? is to cast their votes for the
???lesser evil??? ??? one of the two main capitalist parties.
The swath of Democratic and Republican candidates in 2016 evoked
unprecedented distrust and loathing from wide layers of working people.
Trump said he stood outside of the Washington quagmire, claiming to be
different from all factions within both parties. From the moment he got
elected, Democrats and their mouthpieces in the liberal media like the
New York Times?? have been in a frenzy to undo the result.
Both wings of the Democratic Party believe impeachment would help clear
their way to power. The left and socialist wing of the party wants a
road to the presidency built on turning their back on the majority of
the working class they dismiss as reactionary. They believe they can get
elected by winning votes of African Americans, Latinos, and women
largely in the big cities.
Elizabeth Warren, the front runner for the Democrats??? nomination, says
she???s a radical-minded capitalist who will manipulate taxes and use an
army of federal regulatory agencies to manage the big corporations and
make capitalist exploitation more agreeable. Bernie Sanders offers
similar policies in the name of ???socialism.??? Both contrive to treat
workers as objects to be administered.
Like Trump they both say they dislike U.S. wars abroad, but all of them
will continue to command Washington???s vast military power in defense of
U.S. imperialist interests around the world, if elected.
???In contrast to the Democrats, Republicans and other politicians who
seek to reform capitalism, Socialist Workers Party candidates start with
the capacities of working people to change our conditions,??? Seth
Galinsky, SWP candidate for New York City public advocate, told the
Militant.
???We organize together with fellow workers to fight against assaults by
the bosses, their parties and their government. We advocate building a
labor party, independent of the capitalist parties. Such a course offers
a way to mobilize workers in our millions to take power out of the hands
of the capitalist rulers and establish a workers and farmers government.???
In This Issue
Front Page Articles ???After 40-day strike GM workers approve contract
???Back strikers??? fight against copper bosses??? union busting
???SWP drive to sell books to explain party, its program
???Protests in Iraq, Lebanon target government, Tehran interference
???2020 campaign reflects crisis of US rulers??? two party system
???UFCW union local says ???No!??? to any prison ban of ???Militant???
Feature Articles ???The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party
Also In This Issue ???Hong Kong protests back Catalan independence fight
???Blackjewel miners??? encampment protest wins back pay
???Striking Chicago teachers, school workers win support
???Florida ex-felons push back restrictions on right to vote
???Socialist Workers Party Fund Drive Oct. 5 - Dec. 10 (Week 3)
???Fall Campaign to sell Militant subscriptions and books Oct. 5 - Dec. 10
(Week 3)
On the Picket Line ???Steelworkers in New Brunswick fight Glencore lockout
???Quebec senior residence workers strike for wages and more staff
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