On May 10, 2008, at 5:12 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On May 10, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Shane Mage wrote:
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>> And in this election that means
>> Nader-Gonzalez.
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> Oh yeah, that'll show 'em! It'll show 'em just how weak and marginal
> we are, especially if we really try...
How is it weaker to do a little than to do nothing?
> I'm sure there are maybe 200 people who'll tell you that Nader's a
> sellout and we should really be going for McKinney...
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And I'll tell them: your ultraleftism will end up with you voting for
Obama, just like you voted for Kerry in 2004.
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> ...focusing on building a nationally linked but locally aimed
> movement. Elect people to city councils, state legislatures, maybe
> the U.S. House. Change election laws where you can. Push for things
> like single-payer. And forget about the fucking presidency!!!!!
That is to say, forget about national politics which, like it or not, centers on the presidential election in any modern bourgeois democratic state. And concentrate on pushing where there's only a brick wall or a net.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to be called Zeus."
Herakleitos of Ephesos