[lbo-talk] Re: Paul Felton: Open Letter to Progressive Democrats

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Sun Apr 4 09:52:17 PDT 2004


Eubulides wrote:


>>Why there is the continued absence of a strong left movement independent
>> of
>> the electoral process?


> In the US, it's largely because workers work a lot, commute a lot and also
> struggle to keep their families together.

Perhaps, because they have to compete with Mexican, Chinese and Indian workers?


>That doesn't leave a lot of time
> for intensive, sustained political action and the necessary intellectual
> work that comes with it.

It hardly then matters whether you are for x or y in the electoral politics. What is surprising is that there isn't much "green" content in all these debates about the Greens.

Ulhas



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