[lbo-talk] Re: Everybody Knows...

Turbulo at aol.com Turbulo at aol.com
Wed Nov 10 15:03:19 PST 2004


In a message dated 11/10/04 4:18:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes:


> Actually I think the trivialization comes when people say "We need a
> left party!," as if the process of getting one were self-evident.
> Yeah, of course the problem is the cumulative result of past
> decisions - but those decisions are also the result of our legal
> structure. So how do you organize this (very desirable) party under
> the constraints of our constitutional/federal system?
>
> Doug
>
>


>From the way you talk, I can only conclude that you regard a left party as
primarily an electoral vehicle, and one for winning presidential elections at that. The constitutional/federal system didn't prevent the Communist Party from electing a Congressman, Vito Marcantonio, right down to the McCarthy period, or Vermont from electing Bernie Sanders on a socialist ticket. The problem with both these guys was that, once elected, they failed to act independently of the Democrats. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20041110/96565d97/attachment.htm>



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