FOLKS SHOULD PRESS FORWARD WITH THEIR PARTICULAR LIBERATION STRUGGLE ORIENTATION

With the Obama victory progressives ought to press forward with whatever liberation struggles they are pursuing and whichever ideology or framework guides them. Obama should be pressed to take progressive positions without delay and we must remain alert to counter Bush-Cheney surprises in what is hopefully the end of their nightmarish rule.

We can imagine progressives seeking to be part of the Obama administration.

We can imagine progressives in the Democratic Party organizing progressive caucuses based on progressive policies not hope in a single leader.

We can imagine progressives outside the Democratic and Republican parties organizing their own independent political and organizing initiatives to either pressure economic, social and political elites or to build independent progressive economic, social and political power.

Progressives are especially challenged to explain and respond to the tremendous economic crisis of capitalism. The capitalist crisis is a great opportunity and a great challenge for every progressive orientation, trend, framework and ideology.