Re: [Marxism] I am open to be proven wrong.

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Lause wrote:
> 
> David is right in describing her as someone in political transition, which
> is why--I suspect--many of us are not ready to write off Ralph Nader, who is
> a fairly principled social democrat.  With luck, the two of them can work
> something out and we can salvage a progressive third party capable of going
> beyond what we've already accomplished.

Elections, someone once noted, are a way of taking the political
temperature of the working class. The votes a progressive third party
(even an embryonic & sort of fuzzy one) gains are a signal to all
concerned of the potential strength of the left. (The frantic efforts of
the DP/RP to block the Green Party from getting on the ballot are a sign
that our rulers don't want us to have that way of signalling to each
other.) In that context, what in the world difference can the
"particular program" of a Green candidate make, and what is gained by
fretting about whether or not she is a "typical Green"!!!

Carrol


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