<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>activism</title></head><body> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">Jon wrote:</font></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">"My point about organizing third parties is that this is<br> important, but it is not the only thing that needs to be done, and not<br> the only thing that everyone should be doing.<br> <br> If you want to assert that, then we do indeed have a disagreement, but</font></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">I don't think you do.</font>"</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>I'm not saying that exactly, but I'll come very close: if everyone tomorrow were to drop their "issue based" activism and devote their time to organizing a progressive political party, the left would be far more effective than it is today, for reasons I attempt to identify in the piece.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I do think we have a disagreement-but I recognize that i am in the minority on this.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Best,</div> <div><br></div> <div>John</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> </body> </html>