[lbo-talk] Subject: Re: Wisconsin recall results

[Mike Ballard]

I think that getting workers to understand that they create all the wealth not found in nature, is a way of moving the balance of power to the left, thus gaining both 'everything' in terms of class consciousness and 'something' in terms of piecemeal 'practical' reforms.  Just doing grunt work for the Democrats (i.e. 'boring from within') will guarantee a continual drift to the right.

Mike B)

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Bryan Atinsky wrote:

Personally, I think that all or nothing is bullshit. There was enough at stake here that Pasch winning would have had real, practical change. It would have allowed the rollback of Walker's legislation. It was an idiotic move by all the one's you praise below.

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On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:32, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> Bryan Atinsky wrote: "... and I met some more green party types who said they just don't care to vote, they don't like Dems. I really don't think anything would have got them to vote..."
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> Cbc: Three cheers for Greens who stick to their principles! Too many don't and lose their nerve on election day.
> 
> Carrol
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