"...The right’s fundamental weakness –And neither do reactionary governments long thrive where their intellectual and political firepower is so shallow. Formidable as the right might seem right now, the plain truth is that they have no real new ideas and no coherent vision for what they want to build. This weakness is readily evident in the feverish spin that they’ve been attempting to apply to the new laws they passed this session. Lacking a coherent voice to explain and defend their radical policies (Pat McCrory? Thom Tillis? Phil Berger?), the right instead falls back on the bizarre defense that, “hey, we really didn’t do that much at all.” Take away one man’s campaign money (ART POPE/KOCH) and the think tanks he funds and the whole thing quite likely collapses like a house of cards. The powerful opposition movement that has arisen – Finally and most importantly, any notion that North Carolinians would meekly knuckle under to the right’s destructive push has been utterly shattered by the power and authority of the only-just-getting-started Moral Mondays movement. Some national pundits may have the mistaken impression that North Carolina is a lost cause, but that’s not what the folks on the ground in other states are saying. They increasingly recognize this as the frontline in a national battle. They’re looking here for leadership and moving quickly to follow the Moral Mondays lead. Just yesterday, the Campaign for America’s Future – a new wave DC-based progressive organization — tabbed Rev. William Barber for a national citizenship award. Progressive activists, funders and emerging nonprofit groups aren’t writing North Carolina off; they see it is as the place where the important action is and know the enormous national impact that a turnaround here will produce.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:16:50 +0000
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