[lbo-talk] Beyond the Bipartisan Hegemony [Fwd: Re: fighting ideology]

[Grant Lee]

>  I don't think that we can make any progress in
> building left-wing mass movements and institutions independent of the
> power elite and ruling class if we have to fight to elect Democrats
> when Republicans are in power and can fight against Democrats _only_
> when they are in power _and_ there is no right-wing attempt to attack
> them viciously (remember, there will always be vicious
> right-wingers...).  That would basically mean working for your
> political enemy and competitor (at least) more than half the time.
> -- 
> Yoshie

One of my politics professors, a Marxist, used to tell his students that he
always voted for centre-RIGHT parties, because things had to get worse
before they would get better.