Re: [Marxism] Camejo to speak at CCNY

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Gabosch wrote:
>
> >
> The argument is over whether or not to support and promote left-liberal
> campaigns, such as Nader/Camejo, and in general, Green Party efforts to get
> political activists elected to public office on a left-liberal platform.
>
> As for this fall's election, I personally argue that a protest vote to one
> of the small socialist groups such as the WWP or the SWP is the most
> effective way of utilizing the ballot box by class conscious workers,
> anti-capitalist minded activists, and anti-imperialists.

You name two radically different things: "promote leeft-liberal
_campaigns_" (emphasis added) and "a protest _vote_" (emphasis added).
But it is the campaign, not the voting itself that counts. Protest votes
(when they are so small and scattered) are mere fluff, but the activity
of campaigning for an alternative perspective builds strongly (or can
build strongly) for the future. Think of campaigning for Nader/Camejo in
conjunction with building for the MWM, and the political relations that
both activities will, or can potentially, build.

Carrol

P.S. Ian Pace wrote:
> [clip]
> Where does that place the women who support capitalism (which includes a
> large number of US feminists, it would seem)?

And what the fuck does that have to do with the price of eggs in Tokyo?


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