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have you been to or watched any of their speeches? because I have and from what I'm hearing, firing up people to take action in person (not just posting and voting but protesting in real life) is exactly what they're encouraging... it's fine to criticize their records as not being "Left enough" but let's be real, are there any actually Leftist politicians who enjoy widespread popular support in the US?
Protesting in real life is less than the bare minimum, though. Read the article again; it says they need to direct attendees to be organizers, to actively organize all manners of resistance activity (protesting in the way Americans think of the act isn't enough) and get their friends, coworkers and neighbors to join.
No no that's not what I'm doing. I mean I do think they're too passive and too establishment-friendly for the things they're trying to do, but I'm not criticizing them at all. In fact their track records are just fine (if in many ways lacking) for what they are, and that's the thing: They're not resistance leaders; they're charismatic center-left legislators with the ability to rile up a crowd who are popular with American progressives and that's it. Expecting them to spearhead the resistance (or even just progressive politics) is barking up the wrong tree, and Americans need to hurry up and find the right tree to bark up before it's too late.