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In reply to the discussion: We Need A Class Consciousness Revival [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)I'm old enough to remember the 60s and 70s when the historically oppressed groups were breaking free... sometimes with the help of government with legislation and court decisions, but often through activism such as the civil rights, birth control, women's lib, and gay pride movements. Each was accompanied with requisite consciousness raising. These liberation movements also created reactionary movements on the right which then intensified the determination of the liberation movements. The GOP already had the racist vote going back to Nixon's southern strategy... and with Reagan the GOP invited into the GOP the reactionaries.
But when these activist groups... left and right duke it out... it can destroy any economic solidarity that many in these groups might share... and it helps the right consolidate wealth and power.