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Sera's avatar

This column is a perfect extension of last week’s ideas about separation by identity politics. I’ve spent a lifetime on what I would call the true left. As a child I listened to my father’s Paul Robeson records, and so I learned about Joe Hill, the Auction Block, and Kevin Barry through art, and through the hard core lessons of Berkeley in the 60’s, (before the fall!)

The left then stood for freedom. I’ve never changed my views. But Chris Hedges is so correct in this column. There’s a long history of great people who have understood these messages. Fred Hampton’s attempt at solidarity with Virginia coal miners stands out. Frederick Douglass writing that every chain has two ends and both ends serve to hold down freedom. Bob Dylan’s great song: “Only A Pawn In Their Game” says all of this.

“We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”

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JES's avatar

I also believe this is what we have to do to dethrone the fascist corporate masters. Bernie Sanders did a great deal to point out how the true left and the true right have many commonalities. Joining together to return the government to the citizens should be the first goal. Then we can democratically debate solutions. As it currently stands there is nothing to debate, because they do not seek solutions, only ways to increase profits to the corporate overlords.

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