Link of the Day June 8 2011

Here is an article of relevance in Canada: why do people vote for centre-left parties (like the NDP) that are proven to be useless in confronting the enemy of the people, namely, the owners of capital, and their neoliberal politicial policies. Steve McGiffen, writing in Dissident Voice, says such votes are useless --- as has been proven over and over again in Europe, most of whose citizens are natural supporters of the welfare state, but have been disappointed by their left-leaning parties, but some hope may rest in the extra-parliamentary movements of dissent that are emerging everywhere. Read Social Democracy and Social Progress….