Re: [Marxism] Greens to be on Ohio State Ballot

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marvin wrote:
> This is especially the case because, like the European social democratic
> parties (which it resembles),
> the DP is a pro-imperialist party like the Republicans, and the US left is
> mainly concentrated in solidarity work.

The Democratic Party in the USA does not resemble European social
democratic parties. It resembles outfits like the Christian Democrats in
Germany or the Gaullists or the Liberal Democrats in Japan, etc. Backing a
social democratic party is more a tactical rather than a class question,
like it would be for voting for a capitalist party. In 3rd world countries,
there are often compelling reasons to back a social democrat like Allende.
In contemporary Germany, much less so.

I am not sure that Marvin is familiar with the theoretical distinctions
between a social democratic party that has a social base in the trade
unions and a bourgeois party like the Democrats, etc. but they are real and
important even if they aren't so for him.


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