[news] Settling for the System

[Resist!ca]

How PunkVoter.Com Became Just Another Tool of the Democrats By SCOTT EVANS, Although for many of us the last four years have brilliantly demonstrated the undemocratic nature of American democracy, it seems that some radicals have missed their cues. Presented with endemic alienation as a result of the failure of American political structures, most strikingly expressed in the 2000 election, many activists have actually chosen to channel residual anger into the very system that generated it. As the facade of capitalist democracy crumbles, the usual suspects are rallying the public--and preparing to charge, full-force, back into the smoldering rubble.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/10/3/123238/064