According to our speaker, the Biden administration’s lawfare against Trump is supported by the left because of their own McCarthyism. The national security state, through the Biden administration, is engaging in lawfare to eliminate Biden’s only serious challenger and fix the 2024 election. Much of the progressive movement, rather than protest and stop police state interference, is supportive of it, even though this lawfare will be used against them in the future. The cause for the silence among liberals and leftists is their own McCarthyism: people are baited, and fear being baited not as Reds, but as Trump supporters. This left McCarthyismm pushes people towards voting for the supposed lesser evil Democrats and towards defending the actions of the national security police state. This national security state finds the Democratic Party a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government.
Our speaker, Stansfield Smith, is a member of Chicago ALBA Solidarity, formerly the Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5. He has published in LA Progressive, Dissident Voice, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Covert Action, Monthly Review online, and other websites. Smith is a long time anti-war activist, and opposed US interference over the years in Latin America. He produces AFGJ’s Venezuela & ALBA Weekly News and the online newsletter for the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition. His website is ChicagoALBASolidarity.org.
Recent articles include:
* “The Danger that Lawfare against Trump Presents to the Progressive Movement,” https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/09/the-danger-that-lawfare-against-trump-presents-to-the-progressive-movement/;
* “JFK’s World Peace Speech and National Security State Takedowns of US Presidents,” https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/08/jfks-world-peace-speech-and-national-security-state-takedowns-of-us-presidents/; and
* “John F. Kennedy on Ending the US War on Vietnam � His Owwn Words,” https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/ending-the-us-war-on-vietnam.
* “Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters,”
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