[lbo-talk] cart before the horse

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Tue Oct 26 00:37:21 PDT 2004



>At 01:52 PM 10/25/2004, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>Joseph Wanzala quoted Ace Cockburn:
>>
>>>Every four years, liberals unhitch the cart and put it in front of
>>>the horse, arguing that the only way to a better tomorrow is to
>>>vote for the Democratic nominee.
>>
>>Every four years, certain radicals lecture the unhitched cart,
>>arguing that the only way to a better tomorrow is to vote for a
>>Third Party nominee (or this year, a non-party non-nominee). Hasn't
>>worked yet, has it?
>>
>>Doug
>
>neither one works, doug. any solutions?
>
>R

In order to have intelligible and intelligent discussion of what works and what doesn't, we have to be clear about our goals. Amongst people who have different goals, talking about strategies and tactics is not productive, for different goals require different strategies and tactics. After the elections, those who are committed to independent political action on the electoral and movement fronts should get together amongst ourselves, evaluate what happened in 2000-4, and think about what strategies and tactics to employ to advance independent political action; and those who are committed to reforming the Democratic Party should get together amongst themselves, evaluate what happened in 2000-4, and think about what strategies and tactics to employ to reform the Democratic Party. -- Yoshie

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