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Speaking to a gathering of communists at World Federation of Democratic Youth in Portugal, Young Communist League USA organizer Lisa Bergmann discussed communists’ strong presence in Occupy groups’ leadership circles. She went on to say that President Obama “continues to push policies that benefit working-class people in the United States. And Republicans continually block these policies to make Obama look ineffective.”
…the fight for jobs and for real solutions MUST include re-electing Obama in 2012. It is the role of the YCL to emphasize this wherever we go, and to try to push youth in the Occupy movement and elsewhere who do not want to work with any politicians to understand that being absent from the political process is only allowing the ultra-right wing to build power. This is also so that working people can continue to focus on building a viable movement for themselves in the United States, that will be in a position to stand in solidarity with working people throughout the world. Angela Davis, when visiting Occupy Wall Street on October 31st, said that “It is up to US to build a movement. And it is up to Obama to respond to that movement. But he cannot do it on his own.”