[lbo-talk] “Democracy Endangered: DSA’s Strategy for the 2012 Elections and Beyond”

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“Democracy Endangered:
DSA’s Strategy for the 2012
Elections and Beyond”
The National Political Committee
of Democratic Socialists of America

I. The Threat of Right-Wing Hegemony
The 2012 election poses an extreme challenge to the
future prospects for democracy in the United States.
This threat demands the focused attention of the broad
Left – the labor movement, communities of color, feminists,
the LGBTQ community, environmentalists and
peace activists. The task for the U.S. Left is two-fold.
First, we must defeat the far-Right threat to democracy.
Second, we need to build a grassroots, organized Left
capable of fighting the corporate interests which dominate
the leadership of both major political parties.

The Left confronts a Republican Party thoroughly controlled
by Right-wing forces that are determined to cement
long-term control of the federal government and of
the majority of states.....

http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Fall_2012_content/NPC%20Statement.pdf