Two recent articles by John Stauber (Center for Media and Democracy) and Bill Van Auken (World Socialist Web Site) bring into sharp focus the futility of persisting and participating in the compromised two-party system and the lack of a genuine independent political system.
The first is a very cogent analysis/statement by John Stauber on why MoveOn (which strongly aligns itself with the Democratic party) is pursuing the wrong strategy (more specifically on the Iraq war) and why an anti-war movement that is aligned with neither the Democratic or Republican Party is vital to creating real change. Stauber says (rightly, I think) that MoveOn's emphasis is on winning elections and not on ending the war as soon as possible. He says "MoveOn has not been primarily a movement against the war. It has been a movement of Democrats to get the party back into power."
The Nation magazine offers an alibi for Democrats’ support of Iraq war (by Bill Van Auken) expresses a similar sentiment as above and describes how the Democratic party only pretends to be a "people's" party but in reality they are similar to Republicans in that both parties are accountable to the financial elite and not to the common man. He bemoans the lack of an independent and genuine political system.
It is precisely due to the Democratic party's obligation to its corporate contributors that it dare not launch an opposition to the war (other than hopelessly obvious pretence). Manipulative hacks like Pelosi and Reid (and majority of other Democrats) spew out anti-war rhetoric at the right time to garner votes and at the same time ensure that war funding bills get passed easily. It's the ultimate cynical and ruthless betrayal of the populace who voted them into power for a very specific reason (to end the war).
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