>>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