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LE BREAKDOWN With Yasser Louati

Staint Louis based organizer Tory Russell returns to “Le Breakdown with Yasser Louati” podcast for a discussion around the ongoing evolutions of the Black Lives Matter Movement and what explains the split between “Black Lives Matter” and “Movement For Black Lives”.

Tory has been a staunch advocated for an independent grasroots from the grip of the Democratic party. In the wake of the Joed Biden declared victory over Donald Trump, cabinet picks from the former have only confirmed what Tory has spoken of the last time he was on the podcast: that the alliance between anti-racist, anti-capitalist, anti-police brutaliy activists and electoral politics was just unsustainable.

Having refused to support Joe Biden, Tory Russell’s position is further comforted with Biden’s clear refusal to appoint any person from the Bernie Sanders campaign. Tensions between the proegressive wing of the Democratic Party and its historic firures like Nancy Pelosi have further highlighted the inevitable confrontation between established professional politicians and aspiring elected figures from the grassroots. The matter became even more complicated as AOC found herself stuck between criticism from her base and a staunch refusal from Pelosi to support medicare for all.

Given the catastrophic COVID19 situation and chaotic post presidential election America, current alliances are unsustainable and are bound to reach a breaking point. Joe Biden has secured the presidency with the help of the grassroots and especially with the mobilisation of the Sanders campaign, but how long before the latter turn on him for excluding them so openly, the very next day after getting elected?