On 11/17/2010 9:43 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> But these parties are more expression than cause of the failure of the
> working class in bourgeois democracies to fundamentally alter
> capitalist power and property relations.
Yes. Thank you for saying this.
The "graveyard of movements" line has some truth in it, but what is the upshot? If you don't like the DP, which party would you prefer? If you don't like the party system, which system would you prefer? If you don't like the bourgeois electoral regime, which regime would you prefer? Leftists fought and died for the right to elect these co-opting parties - was it a mistake? Marx didn't think so.
SA