Resistance — Looking Forward

Resistance — Looking Forward seems both very unclear, as well as having parts that are vividly clear! The Other Side has been advancing for decades. Its recent moves are Accelerating Greatly with the recent election results!

What is much less clear, is What we are doing, and should be doing and Who “We” are. I will try to address this below.

It’s quite easy to explain who “we” have been, and a little trickier to define who “We” are now — and who We should and hopefully will become.

When also is Important!

Over the decades since the late 1960’s (at least) we have tended to be an often “oppositional” bunch of people who’ve rarely been united. We opposed Richard Nixon. We opposed Ronald Reagan. We opposed The War in Vietnam. We said that we opposed racism, however those of us who are white, didn’t do a lot towards ending Racism.

Related to the “good things” like Roe vs. Wade, we tended to speak positively, but not do a lot. The Hyde Decision, greatly limiting, access to abortions for some, was opposed, but not strongly (by white people).

In general, we were a hodgepodge of radical and liberal people who tended to speak at each other — related to our differences.

We had some unity when there was a clear issue, and strength for our cause, such as the latter part of the Apartheid Struggles with (then) Rhodesia and South Africa. Our commitment dropped off notably, once the pressures seemingly let up.