Let me end by saying that I'm guilty of these low expectations also. Despite not being caught up in Obamamania, and sticking to my guns that both the Republicans and Democratic Party are tools of imperialism, I often think that we've reached the end of the road. That the most we in the social justice movement can do is keep up the good fight, lumber forward and play the crummy cards we've been dealt.
There are still days when I try to maintain a revolutionary optimism, i.e. a belief based not on abstract hope but in the power of collective action; in the knowledge that a people's movement has won before and can do so again, even when victory seems impossible. But it's becoming increasingly hard to keep the faith, so to speak.
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