From NOEBIE.net
Like many Americans, I’m still trying to process the news. I won’t try to describe my thoughts or feelings at this point, but I wanted to share some links that have been helpful to me.
Thomas Frank writes for The Guardian: Donald Trump is moving to the White House, and liberals put him there.
From the folks at Jacobin: Politics Is the Solution
From Socialist Worker: How could this monster win?
Be kind to each other today, people.
Harold Meyerson writes for The Guardian: It used to be a dirty word. Bernie Sanders helped remove the stigma – but it’s the spectacular failure of capitalism that has really changed people’s minds.
Source: Why are there suddenly millions of socialists in America? | Harold Meyerson | Opinion | The Guardian
Historian and geographer Ruth Wilson Gilmore claims that the rebellion in Baltimore is an uprising against austerity. She says that gentrified cities, the fall of manufacturing and the filling of jails with black men all fueled the reaction to the killing of Freddie Gray.
The US is more segregated by race and income now than in 1960.