It’s unclear what Kennedy's strategy is. What is clear is that his campaign may end up helping the neo-fascist Republicans win in November 2024.
Jr. follows through on his apparent plans to run for president in the fall 2024 general election, that will make it all the more important for progressives to have a clear understanding of who Kennedy is and what he really stands for., the Kennedy campaign will deploy “attack ads” against the Democratic National Committee for preventing an open primary process.
If you are a progressive who is leaning toward RFK Jr. but cares about Palestinian rights and Middle East peace, you should watch the recentwith him conducted by Israel-can-do-no-wrong Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
Kennedy does not have a systemic, class analysis of what’s wrong in U.S. society. Instead, he has a conspiratorial view. And through his use of social media and other outreach, he’s attracted considerable supportled to speculation Any serious progressive critique of U.S. foreign policy must include a challenge to our country’s one-sided position on Israel/Palestine—which leads to other dangerous policies, such as supporting the Saudi dictatorship , while eternally polarizing with and threatening Iran.
Kennedy’s positions on domestic policies—from the climate crisis to economics to his extreme anti-vaccination views—are often at odds with progressivism. In a thorough critique,. Besides debunking many of his claims about vaccines, Klein points out that Kennedy asserts the climate crisis is being overhyped by “totalitarian elements in our society” and has said that he’d leave energy policy to market forces.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offers progressives a mishmash of appealing statements, “free market” corporatism, and assorted political toxins. Not a good deal.Jeff Cohen is an activist and author. Cohen was an associate professor of journalism and the director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, founder of the media watch group FAIR, and former board member of Progressive Democrats of America. In 2002, he was a producer and pundit at MSNBC.
If you are a progressive who is leaning toward RFK Jr. but cares about Palestinian rights and Middle East peace, you should watch the recentwith him conducted by Israel-can-do-no-wrong Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
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