[Marxism] Marxists should actively support the Green Party!

[Jerry Wells <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I urge every progressive, socialist and working person to become active
and vote for the Green Party this November?

1. This latest article from WSWS on dismisses both parties and
candidates. (I don't think the SEP is running anyone this year.
Regardless, this is my own point of view, not WSWS or SEP.)

McCain launches fall campaign as Obama embraces Iraq âsurgeâ
By Patrick Martin 6 September 2008
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/mcca-s06.shtml
"The events of Thursday, September 4 demonstrate the two overriding
political facts of the 2008 US presidential election campaign: a
Republican Party in deep political crisis and widely hated for its
program of social reaction and war, and a Democratic Party that
represents no alternative whatsoever, galloping to the right."

2. On the vital issues confronting working people today, both Republican
and Democratic Parties basically share a common corporatist platform and
perspective. This is graphically illustrated on the website THE REAL
DIFFERENCE:
http://www.therealdifference.org/issues.html

A more detailed explanation of each issue is found on the DETAILS page:

http://www.therealdifference.org/issues2.html

3. Vote for McKinney rather than independent individuals like Nader!
Nader, between elections, has done little to build a political party
that represents his views. A new party is needed to bring together and
involve the thousands of activists and millions of protesters who have
remained forever politically impotent because they are forever atomized.

4. With a 5% vote in November, the Green Party would become eligible for
Federal Matching funds in future national elections. After the November
election, regardless of who is elected, the Green Party could become the
"umbrella organization" to inform, educate, and organize future
resistance to the unending war agenda, destruction of social
institutions, the environment, etc. Many committed people will be needed
in future elections to run for office at all levels of government,
school boards,etc. to remove the defenders of the status quo. (The Green
Party has over 200 office holders!)

5. The issue for socialists for this election should be to promote the
creation of a new political party, free of corporate money and agendas,
with a platform that is immediately understandable to millions of
concerned working people. The Green Party could become an alternative
party to the Democratic party for union members, if not the leadership
of the AFL-CIO. 

6. Why not vote Socialist? This would be a wasted "protest" vote. In
less than two months, which "Socialist" party should people vote for?
The SP? Peace and Freedom? Socialism and Liberation? What's the
difference? What's the difference to working people?

7. In fact, what is "socialism"? Cuba? Venezuela? Stalinism? Trotskyism?
All or none of the above? The Green Party is not explicitly socialist.
But it has all the potential of developing into a mass socialist party
if masses of working people can become involved in the Greens as
supporters, activists and candidates for office that supports their
needs.

8. The Green Party is open enough for all socialists to become involved
and help define what a mass American socialist party will become. Voting
for the Green Party is not a "lesser evil" vote for the Democrats. No
illusions here about reforming the Democratic Party, such as the
illusions the PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) promote.

9. Reforming capitalism may be an illusion that many in the Green Party
perhaps have yet to confront or resolve. But by calling for an end to
war, for a national single-payer health system (eliminating corporate
profit, for refusing corporate money, for opposing privatization, etc.
the Green Party is perhaps today only "social democratic". But the
emergence of the Green Party as a "social democratic" second party would
be a tremendous step forward.

   









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