On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:26:46 -0500 pms <laflame at mindspring.com> writes:
>Whoever said that about the DSA being synonomous with the Democratic
party,
>what do you mean. I assume DSA is at the very least, supporting
>single-payer health care and a more progressive agenda that Al Gore
>and
>Bill Clinton, no?
DSA basically sees itself as a liberal pressure group within the Democratic Party. Their recruitment literature is specific about this.
They're part of that whole Dissent/In These Times clique that worships the likes of Irving Howe and Michael Harrington. If I'm not mistaken, they're the spineless wussies who decided to pooh-pooh the Sandinistas when it was convenient for putative "leftists" to do so (that was a little before my time, so maybe someone else who was there can back me up on this).
"Howe's prime function, politically speaking, in the last thirty years of his life was that of policing the left on behalf of the powers-that-be." - Alexander Cockburn, The Golden Age Is In Us
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