21st century wire say us 2016 presidential election watershed point 21st century western politics defeat hillary clinton near collapse democratic party seem america progressive leave lose ability relate much work middle class obama administration party take billionaire donor class rule wall street interest silicon valley svengalis unelected commissariate democratic national committee dnc fail strategy total reliance identity politics home back islamist extremism new cold war russia abroad spell abject failure us electorate still vanguard progressive leave still denial realities however new shake-up leave may already underway.last month america late progressive icon bernie sanders say sanders `` democratic party absolute failure `` june 11 2017 see also https //t.co/cnrvtikunn pic.twitter.com/mjxrguymym wikileaks wikileaks july 2017while candid depiction break political party certainly ring true seem sanders avoid fundamental aspects party rapid disintegration namely leave role compromise america reputation internationally cave largely neoconservative globalist foreign policy agenda author jam petras explain jam petras information clear house past quarter century progressive writers activists academics follow trajectory leave right presidential campaign seem move right begin 1990 progressives mobilize millions opposition war voice demand transformation us corporate for-profit medical system national medicare public program condemn notorious wall street swindlers denounce police state legislation violence end always vote democratic party presidential candidates pursue exact opposite agenda.over time political contrast program practice lead transformation progressives see today us progressives embrace promote politics far right.to understand transformation begin identify progressives describe historical role proceed identify trajectory recent decades.we outline contour recent presidential campaign progressives deeply involved.we focus dynamics political regression resistance submission retreat surrender.we conclude discuss end result progressives large-scale long-term embrace far-right ideology practice.progressives name postureprogressives purport embrace progress growth economy enrichment society freedom arbitrary government central progressive agenda end elite corruption good governance base democratic procedures.progressives pride appeal reason diplomacy conciliation brute force war uphold sovereignty nations eschew militarism arm intervention.progressives propose vision fellow citizens pursue incremental evolution toward good society free foreign entanglements entrap people unjust wars.progressives historical perspectivein early part 20th century progressives favor political equality oppose extra-parliamentary social transformations support gender equality environmental preservation fail give prominence struggle workers african americans.they denounce militarism general support series war end war theodore roosevelt woodrow wilson embody dual policies promote peace home bloody imperial war overseas middle 20th century different strand emerge progressive umbrella progressives split traditional good government advocate modernists back socio-economic reform civil liberties rights.progressives support legislation regulate monopolies encourage collective bargain defend bill rights.progressives oppose war militarism theory government go war.lacking effective third political party progressives come see leave wing democratic party ally labor civil right movements defenders civil liberties.progressives join civil right leaders march mostly rely legal electoral mean advance african american rights.progressives play pivotal role fight mccarthyism though ultimately secretary army military high command bring senator mccarthy knees.progressives provide legal defense social movements disrupt house unamerican activities committee.they popularize legislative arguments eventually outlaw segregation courageous afro-american leaders head mass movements struggle integration civil rights.in many ways progressives complement mass struggle limit define constraints membership democratic party.the alliance progressives social movements peak late sixties mid-1970 progressives follow lead dynamic advance social movements community organizers especially opposition war indochina military draft.the retreat progressivesby late 1970 progressives cut anchor social movements anti-war civil right labor movements lose impetus direction .the number progressives within leave wing democratic party increase recruitment early social movements paradoxically number caliber decline seek fit pro-business pro-war agenda president party.without pressure populist street progressives-turned-democrats adapt corporate culture party progressives sign fatal compromise corporate elite secure electoral party progressives allow write enlighten manifestos candidates program quickly dismiss democrats take office yet ability influence electoral rhetoric see progressives sufficient justification remain inside democratic party.moreover progressives argue strengthen presence democratic party self-proclaimed bore within strategy would capture party membership neutralize pro-corporation militarist elements nominate president peacefully transform party vehicle progressive change .upon successful deep penetration progressives cut increasingly disorganize mass social movements coopted buy many prominent black labor civil liberty activists leaders collaborate dub malleable centrist democrats mythical creatures really pro-corporate democrats condescend occasionally converse progressives work wall street pentagon elite.the retreat progressives clinton decadeprogressives adapt crab strategy move side-ways backwards never forward.progressives mount candidates presidential primaries predictably defeat corporate party apparatus submit immediately outcome election president bill clinton launch period unrestrained financial plunder major war aggression europe yugoslavia middle east iraq military intervention somalia secure israel victory remnant secular palestinian leadership well destruction lebanon progressives follow clinton deep throated thrust toward far right outsource manufacture job mexico nafta re-appointed federal reserve free market ayn rand-fanatic alan greenspan.like huge collective monica lewinsky robot progressives democratic party bend swallow clinton vicious 1999 savage venerable glass steagall act thereby open floodgates massive speculation wall street previously regulate bank sector president clinton gutted welfare program force single mother take minimum-wage job without provision safe childcare millions poor white minority women force abandon children dangerous makeshift arrangements order retain residual public support access minimal health care progressives look way.progressives repeatedly kneel president clinton mark submission democrats hard right policies.the election republican president g. w. bush 2001-2009 permit progressive temporarily trot burnish anti-war anti-wall street credentials street protest bush savage invasion iraq destruction afghanistan protest media report torture abu ghraib bush massive bomb starvation millions iraqis occur clinton progressives protest expulsion immigrants mexico central america silent brutal uproot refugees result us war iraq afghanistan systematic destruction nations infrastructure.progressives embrace israel bomb jail torture palestinians vote unanimously favor increase annual billion dollar military handouts brutal jewish state support israel bomb slaughter lebanon.progressives retreat retain muffle voice inconsequential vote favor peace justice civil liberties keep certain distance bad police state decree republican administration.progressives obama retreat surrenderwhile progressives maintain tepid commitment civil liberties highly leverage hop peace middle east jump uncritically highly choreograph democratic party campaign barack obama wall street first black president .progressives give quest realign democratic party within turn serious tourism permanent residency progressives provide foot soldier election re-election warmongering peace candidate obama election progressives rush join low echelons administration black white politicos join hand heroic struggle erase last vestiges progressives historical legacy.obama increase number bush-era imperial war attack seven weak nations american first black president bombardment progressives ensure streets quiet empty.when obama provide trillions dollars public money rescue wall street bankers sacrifice two million poor middle class mortgage holders progressives criticize bankers receive bailout obama presidential decision protect reward mega-swindlers.under obama regime social inequalities within unite state grow unprecedented rate police state patriot act massively extend give president obama power order assassination us citizens abroad without judicial process progressives resign obama kill order extend mistake murder target children family member well unidentified bystanders icon carriers still parade banner first black american president tens thousands black libyans immigrant workers slaughter regime-change war president gadhafi continue article information clear houseread police state news 21st century wire police state filessupport 21wire subscribe become member 21wire.tv demise progressive democrats resist submit retreat surrender