Make New York City Ungovernable: Lessons From the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in the Age of Bill de Blas

[alfie]

This article from Truthout really bothered me. Is anyone else bothered by this?

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Rather than lead the charge against this soft apartheid, however, de Blasio will be another liberal enforcer for the 1%. Once victory was in hand, De Blasio moved to appease the markets by calling himself a fiscal conservative, tapping stop-and-frisk architect Bill Bratton as police chief and a Goldman Sachs exec to fight inequality, and signaling that mega-real-estate projects would be approved, if with less public aid. He and his officials will now move in a world of boardrooms, penthouses, Michelin-starred restaurants, and galas where they will hear the woes of the oligarchy. snip

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20893-make-new-york-city-ungovernable-lessons-from-the-anti-apartheid-struggle-in-the-age-of-bill-de-blasios

[brooklynite]

1. Beyond idiotic...

...first by implying that the working poor are in any way as oppressed and ripe for revolutionary action as the South African Blacks were.

...second for suggesting that Bill De Blasio is a sellout for not towing an absolutist progressive line.

...third for implying that those same working poor were too stupid to see through a politician who was ready to sell them out to "the establishment"

...fourth for suggesting that Occupy, which after its first moments of success decided to withdraw entirely from the political process, is an appropriate model to follow for accomplishing political change of any sort.