[Marxism] Voting by the U.S. Left--and the main stategic goal of 2004

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

"Marvin Gandall", Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:08:17 -0500:

> The more relevant comparison for the Greens is with earlier
> mass-based third party bids like that of the Progressive party in
> 1948, Socialist Party in the 30's, and Debs' campaigns before and
> after WWI. It'd be interesting to know what those totals were,
> especially as a percentage of the voting electorate, if Mark or
> anyone else has that information.

"U.S. Presidential Elections: Leftist Votes":
<http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/government/elections/president/timeline.htm>.

> The reality, as Jim points out, is that until there is a systemic
> crisis, nothing works at the present time - not an entry into the
> Democrats, not the Greens, not the far left.

That all depends on what you mean when you say "nothing works."
"Works" for what purpose?
--
Yoshie

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