Voting Our Way To Power?

Results are in. The DSA Green New Deal Committee put up a slate of 11 candidates running for office around the country. So far they are all losing. Some races were close and yes, the campaigns helped build infrastructure and pushed a green message, but none of our people are in power. After lots of organizing effort and resources spent. What are known as "opportunity costs". Things that we could have been working on but weren't. Now DSA Political Committee wants to use abortion politics to mobilize the masses but I fear this means supporting Democrats. Tough to get super inspired. You try to develop a strategic plan and keep clear priorities to work on for the long haul but these Events inevitably pop up, what we call brushfires, and everyone drops what they were doing and rushes to put out the Crisis of the Moment. But women are outraged and leadership thinks that emotion can be mobilized toward some real gains. But how? Putting millions in the streets? A march, a rally, some speeches by Democrats? What crisis will pop up tomorrow? Maybe Capital will start a little war or some Black men will get shot by racist cops. Maybe they will ban books or raise prices. Something for sure. Whack a mole here, whack a mole there. Plenty of moles.