Civilized General Discussion Board: Why aren't Dems DOING anything?

A fair question.. (excerpt)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/02/trump-democrats-playbook

If widespread and sustained, grassroots activism could force the Democratic party leadership to stop blocking policy proposals that offer major uplift to huge numbers of Americans in economic and social distress. Potential remedies are clear: enhanced Medicare for All. Free childcare. Free public college. Tax relief for the large majority in sync with big tax hikes for the wealthy and large corporations. Federal programs ensuring good jobs, including a Green New Deal. Requirements that large companies receiving government support cannot engage in mass layoffs. And much more.

Such proposals routinely poll with high approval across the political spectrum. They could strip away the bogus veneer of populism from the Republican party and create a genuine groundswell of support for Democrats from non-affluent voters. But unless control of the Democratic party can be wrested away from the corporate elites who continue to dominate it, the fascistic Republican momentum is very likely to continue.

What’s giving me hope now? I see hope in an emerging united front against the Trump regime. The turnout of 7 million people at No Kings protests two weeks ago reflects that huge numbers of people in the United States want to creatively resist, in stark contrast with Democratic party leaders stuck in the past. Stronger grassroots organizing can light the way to salvage the future.

(Norman Solomon is the director of RootsAction and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His latest book is War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine)

No more business as usual!