Dems had many opportunities to oppose an abortion ban. Before RvW was overturned and after.
I agree that there is not a cold war level aggressive attitude from US, like a bay of pigs invasion 2.0 or something. But US is definitely trying to consolidate its position around Cuba to not give it any breathing room. Guantanamo bay exists for that reason too.
As US-Cuba relations cool down
I'm not so sure they are/will cool down though. PR is also important to keep Haiti in check. It is a vital point of US power projection in the Caribbean
At least you balance Russia doomerism with China doomerism
it was formed out of anti vietnam war protests. PSL are just using PFP's resources in california for ballot access, and to not waste energy running against them
PFP and PSL have been working together in california for like a decade now. And its not like california is a swing state to scare off any swing voters.
Can you please chill with the dramatic doomerism about Russia.
macklemore collab
Interestingly, GDR was getting quite progressive on lgbt issues around 1989. In the USSR, some gay rights groups were formed around the same time. The problem with perestroika and glasnost was that reactionary currents/topics/speech far outweighed any progressive movements.
Maybe a bit of both? I wouldn’t underestimate the reactionary ideology part though. After 1991, "traditional values" have firmly replaced socialism to explain why Russia is better than the west. Since the country was brutally transitioning to capitalism, there had to be an ideological reasoning for the suffering (blaming marginalized people of course). The Orthodox Church had a lot of influence on it, as well as patriarchal criminal gangs that were very prominent in the 90s and very connected to the ruling class. So it’s not like the people on top are disconnected from the reactionary elements, they came to power through them and continue to benefit from it.
Is there a part that doesn’t care? Maybe. There are quite a few oligarchs who have permanent residencies in europe, or send their kids to study there. But to me it is kinda like Republicans sending kids to Ivy League but then saying that they teach Marxism or something. Benefiting from privilege doesn’t necessarily mean than you’re not culturally conservative.
youtubers are coming out with bad electoralism takes this season huh
Because fascism needs to pretend to be revolutionary. Leftism doesn’t