In America, we have record cases and hospitalizations in America. The CDC Director said that the coming months will be the most difficult time in the nation's public health history. There are about 14.1 million Americans with the virus along with 275,813 deaths in America alone. Over 100,000 Americans are in the hospital. Yesterday, there are over 204,000 new cases. On Wednesday, you have almost 3,000 death in one day in America. These statistics are all we need to know that Trump administration is one of the worst administration in American history. Anyone should be morally outraged at the callous, lying rhetoric of the Trump administration. Record food lines for people, a massive amount of struggle that first responders face in saving lives, and we certainly need a commission to evaluate this crisis. Many people who survived the virus have not returned to their normal state of health. This is a new time where we don't know the total long term consequences of what this virus does to people. We know that it can cause organ damage. Numerous asymptomatic human beings have it. The paradox is how the financial oligarchy via corporations (like GE, etc.) are receiving trillions of dollars in bailouts and profits from certain resources, while most Americans fight for basic stimulus and other economic resources.
The ten chapters of the national Black lives Matter organization desire accountability of the BLMGNF or the Black Lives Matter Global Network foundation. The BLMGNF received millions of dollars in individual and corporate philanthropy. These 10 chapters don't want to end BLM. They want to raise questions, so BLM isn't some corporate group, but it is truly an independent grassroots organization for the future. One of the problems today is that many people embrace the contradictory view of "woke" capitalism in that they feel that working in the capitalist system makes them woke. This relates to how some people respect the 2 major capitalist parties more than black liberation. Some folks exploit legitimate issues of racial injustice as an excuse for them to ignore issues of poverty and class. You can't end racism without ending economic injustice. You can't have economic justice without eliminating racism. It is what it is. That is the rule. That is why these "woke" capitalist took no time to demonize Sander's economic redistributive platform. Biden is much better than Trump. I'm glad that Trump won't have a 2nd term. Yet, Biden has a long history to promote capitalism and a "wokeness" that won't confront Wall Street interests or the military industrial complex (unless a miracle happens). The racist elements of Trump supporters are clearly evil and wrong. They have formed storming capitol buildings, threatened the lives of election workers, and believes in outlandish theories (that only hurt the efforts of legitimate, sincere conspiracy researchers). Centrism and neoliberalism don't work as it relates to the neglect of rural, urban, and working class communities for decades.
We always need an anti-racism movement that doesn't separate from the need for economic justice. The combination of anti-racism policies and economic justice policies will go a long way in establishing a more just society. That is why the shills either don't want to talk about race or some don't want to talk about class or class stratification. Jeff Bezos endorses a liberal anti-racism that ignores the fight against imperialism or the fight against economic terrorism by the 1 percent. Many neo-liberal Democrats and Trump supporting Republicans want permanent political agitation instead of addressing economic inequality and international racist terrorism that would require a economic redistributive program. Real solutions like universal healthcare, job security, public higher education being free, an end to imperialism, etc. are taboo for the establishments of both major parties to embrace (even in 2020). About 140 million Americans are either in poverty or in near poverty. Yet, you still have folks desiring some moderate solution to this crisis. That is why it is important to be clear that a powerful, anti-racism, pro-economic justice agenda is important. We have to fight austerity, mass incarceration, endless war, and Wall Street exploitation of human beings. For over 40 years, we have seen reactionaries promote corporate trade agreements that ruin the lives of working class people, imperialism, cutting the social safety net, and other bad policies. We need more than Nancy Pelosi in a kente cloth. We want tangible solutions.
There has been a continued debate about reform, and the centrists say that we must say reform the police not defund the police. People have the right to their views. Yet, the centrists forget that managing oppression to just reform won't work to eliminate structures of oppression in general. For example, reform didn't end the Confederacy. We didn't peacefully talked to Confederates to please stop slavery. A war happened that made the wicked the Confederacy by force. When WWII happened, we didn't didn't coddle Nazis. We used force to end the Nazi empire and free millions from the Holocaust. During the Civil Rights Movement, we didn't coddle racist and segregationists. Black civil rights leaders and others of every color (of goodwill) used civil disobedience, protested, used self defense, etc. in getting voting right plus rights legislation passed in America. The problem with centrism is that is not virtuous. It is the same act of compromising to the status quo that never fundamentally changes the system. It just moves the status quo more malleable for the oligarchy. The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor existed in the realm of many reforms. These "reforms" as Obama has advocated not only didn't stop police terror. It did not go far enough in allowing crooked cops to be held accountable for their actions. Promoting a slogan is not as bad as innocent black people dying. We don't need token reforms. We need revolutionary, structural change to eliminate oppression.
We live in unique times now. It's a shame that in this day in age that reactionaries and some moderates criticize people who desire everyone to have health care, everyone to have a living wage, everyone to escape poverty, everyone to not experience imperialism, everyone to respect immigrants, and ending structural racism. People like Rev. Warnock subscribe to these views, and he is being attacked by Loeffler and others. The Senate races in Georgia will determine the future of the Senate. We desire a Senate reflective of a progressive America. Trump is discussing about making more pardons, because of his guilt involving his administration. Trump is known for using violent rhetoric to describe peaceful protesters, and he will out of office soon. Your happiness depends on your power not on the expectations of others' distractions. We should be happy that Trump has only one term. Yet, we have a long way to go in this American journey for freedom and justice.
By Timothy
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