Radical Ron bashes THE SYSTEM - not individuals like Hillary or " The Donald "

RIPTA ends FREE BUS PASS for seniors

Excuse me for expecting LIBERAL Democrats to show some concern for senior citizens on fixed incomes and poor people in general. The Far Right " trashes " Hillary Clinton for being a Marxist- a big lie. I am hardly " trashing " any Democrats when I remind them of the New Deal tradition-pro-labor,, a Helping Hand to poor people. For decades now the neo-Democrats have co-operated with the Far Right in making LIBERAL a dirty word. More and more they talked less and less about moderate " socialist " Michael Harrington 's " Other America " and more and more talked fawningly about " saving the middle class " . They no more distanced themselves from Wall Street greed ( Gina Raimondo ? ) - and Corporate America- than right-wing Talk Radio -which is a 24 hours per day promotion of our oh-so wonderful CAPITALIST WAY OF LIFE.
Bernie Sanders never " bashes " Hillary . But his professed ideal of " socialism " certainly does.You can be sure the ruling class will nullify Bernie before the next presidential election.
But isn't Hillary preferable to Donald Trump ? Only a very low voter turn out will make Donald Trump the next president of the United States. Al Gore was also preferable to George W. Bush. Nevertheless I recall supporting Ralph Nader.
The only " progressive " thing Donald Trump might do is shake up the rotten two party system.
A registered Democrat myself, I voted twice for Bill Clinton -because of his-back then- very bold national health care plan.I voted for Clinton in 1996 because of the " vast right wing  conspiracy " ( TRUE ! ) against him and HER, Hillary..Also, because ALL the left-wing political parties that at least had my respect had vanished ( the collapse of the Soviet Union ? ) or had degenerated into weird personality cults.
I remain a " free thinker " - ON THE LEFT. I bash THE SYSTEM - not individuals. Even Donald Trump at least speaks his mind- the other candidates sound too scripted- with the exception of " socialist " Bernie Sanders

Yes, sometimes THEY come back too

How to tell a pseudo-Leftist

 

The " pseudo-Left " is certainly no figment of your imagination. I am hardly an authority on this convoluted -nearly Byzantine- political intrigue " on the Left ". But any " socialist " that cautions me against " knee jerk anti-imperialism " is no friend of the working class in my opinion. Give me a " class struggle fanatic " any day !
True proletarian politicians - can come from very middle class backgrounds- but have class struggle instincts in their guts. I can sense these " pseudo-Left " types just by the way they drive a car: they rarely pay much attention to pedestrians at cross walks . Extreme self-centeredness is incompatible with class consciousness.
One pseudo-left type I knew thought it was " radical " to walk out of a restaurant without paying the bill- not even tipping the waitress.
I swear on my old-not so jerky knees- little things unmask the false " friends of labor ".
And an international socialist should never sound like Henry Kissinger-before or after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

 

Really " far left " Brown students should defy the tyranny of political correctness

Diversity perversity at Brown

I suspect you identify yourself as STUDENT out of fear of campus based " identity politics ". As a democratic Socialist ( " far left " by Talk Radio standards ) I completely respect your rather accurate observations here.But you are mistaken in associating political correctness mania and DIVERSITY obsession with the " far left " that still calls itself " socialist ". I doubt campus supporters of Bernie Sanders are obsessed and obnoxious about " keeping Christ out of Christmas ", or that " prayer on the wall " at Cranston West. In fact, there are few if any " socialists " among the vociferous New Atheists.
The hounding of the popular " Dancing Cop " , Tony Lepore , lacked any spirit of true humanist tolerance . Democratic socialists believe in FREE SPEECH for all. We don't believe in the madness of punitive political correctness. Good and decent college and university professors have lost their jobs simply for " insensitive " truth telling. Free thinking socialists think that there is nothing more blissfully subversive than TRUTH.
TRUTH and BEAUTY are not effete, reactionary ideals. I would encourage more " far left " Brown students to defy the tyranny of political correctness.

Old socialists should warn young people to avoid those military recruiters

RIPTA cuts off decades old SENIOR CITIZEN bus pass benefits

The RIPTA cutbacks should be seen in the context of a three decades long ruling class attack on the standard of living of working class Americans. The ONE PERCENT is losing patience with Big Government profligacy with THEIR tax money - which they think is best spent on criminal imperialist wars and the growing police state. Neo-Democrat hypocrite Gina Raimondo wanted RIPTA to show a little decency: just make the nearly impoverished senior citizens pay only half the proposed increases. They play this same game with the " too greedy " energy companies.
It seems that" liberal " Democrats are more successful at" terrorizing " the poor and the helpless- and ordinary working class Americans-than far away ISIS in Syria.. Only a mass movement -with millions of working class Americans in the streets protesting these ruling class attacks on their dignity and living standards- can change the balance of power in this " bloodless " ( ? ) civil war, this one sided class war.
Apart from the " socialist " message of Bernie Sanders the Democratic Party - once the party of social reform and New Deal idealism- is dead to its old loyal supporters.
The senior citizens of Rhode Island should warn young people that the dumbest thing they can do right now is listen to some Army, Navy, Marine, or Air Force recruiter and enlist to make the world safe for the ONE PERCENT. That Wilsonian blather sounds very tired to old radical souls.