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The Movement Route, by Kshama Sawant (Jacobin)

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In this piece, Kshama Sawant critiques the proposal that getting behind Hillary is the best way to defeat the Right.

Recent polls show widespread discontent with the political establishment in both major parties and the key institutions of American capitalism. In this context, hitching labor and social movements to the Clinton bandwagon would only strengthen the forces behind Trump.

It would give Trump a virtual monopoly over the anti-establishment vote and silence left-wing voices in the general election — exactly when millions of the most politically alienated begin paying attention.

Already we see the disgraceful spectacle of labor and progressive leaders covering up Clinton’s pro-corporate record in an attempt to motivate their base to vote. Such tactics only demoralize, disorganize, and alienate their rank-and-file, further opening the door for the far right.

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https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/05/trump-clinton-sanders-kshama-sawant-green-party-independent/