#against unity

[profkew]

So where do we go from here? If we really care about the world, our country, and our future, we have no choice but to resist. We need to reject what a thoroughly bankrupt Democratic Party leadership that is calling for conciliation and, in Obama’s words, “rooting for [Trump’s] success.” Pay attention: Trump’s success means mass deportation, massive military spending, the continuation and escalation of global war, a conservative Supreme Court poised to roll back Roe v. Wade, marriage equality, and too many rights to name here; a justice department and FBI dedicated to growing the Bush/Obama era surveillance state and waging COINTELPRO-style war on activists; fiscal policies that will accelerate income inequality; massive cuts in social spending; the weakening or ultimate elimination of the Affordable Care Act; and the partial dismantling and corporatization of government.

Robin D.G. Kelley, After Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?

[profkew]

The U.S. does not need unity now. We need division. In Europe, the minority party is referred to as the Opposition. Its job is to block the majority party’s worst initiatives. In countries with repressive governments, the popular opposition is called the Resistance. It does all it can, from writing novels to acts of civil disobedience, in order to disrupt official business as usual and to offer another vision of politics, justice, and life. ... Our task is not to unite with but to divide the one-party government against itself, to disarm the brown shirts, and conquer Trump and Trumpism. The future depends on our vigilant, organized resistance.

Judith Levine, Against Unity