[Marxism] Inspiring video of a socialist campaign

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've written before that one of the things that impresses me about the Party 
for Socialism & Liberation (PSL) is their success not only at youth recruitment 
but at "talent development" - not just recruiting activists but developing them 
into effective writers and public speakers. One of those, Carlos Alvarez, is a 
22-year-old young man ("old young"? hmmm) who from what I can tell from afar 
appears to be the only sane challenger to Villaraigosa. He's been getting lots 
of press coverage with the usual assortment of printed position statements in 
the paper, pre-recorded statements on TV, interviews in college newspapers, 
etc; the staples of a socialist campaign. But the video here is something out 
of the ordinary:

http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=11435

It starts with a 5-minute personal segment with the hosts of FOX (!) "Good 
Morning LA," in which Alvarez clearly impresses the hosts enough so that they 
avoid painting him as a loony lefty, but instead carry on a serious discussion 
with him. Indeed, he impresses them so much they invite him back for a second 
segment ("Interview on Fox News Extra" on the video list) in which he 
elaborates further on his views.

Good stuff.


Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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