[re the campaign against the death penalty]
> The campaign may be more effective if
>revolutionary, since the connections and implications may
>embarrass the official candidates more than mere appeals to
>humanity, so easily deflected by them into vacuous cliches.
Yes. This is the best concept of a revolutionary approach to campaigning. It does not emphasise in a dogmatic fashion the uniqueness of its message. Instead it uses a materialist analysis to see the fundamental alliances of interest and help the idealists in each section of the movement bridge their sectarianism. Approached this way, revolutionaries can be less sectarian than idealists.
Chris Burford
London