Re: [Marxism] British SWP proposes socialist unity effort to oppose bourgeois parties

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

epoliticus: "For example, in the U.S. context, consider the assassination of 
Tiller.  This tragedy presented an opportunity for radicalization of large 
numbers of left-liberal types;  for the opening of a space for the exposure of 
the political role of the Democrat party;  for exposing key political aspects 
of the capitalist state, etc."

Actually in all likelihood it was precisely the opposite. Prosecutions under 
the FACE act dropped *dramatically* under the Bush administration, so the more 
likely effect of the assassination is to cause "left-liberal types" to cling 
even more tightly to the Democrats, who, for all their faults, do at least tend 
to use the state to enforce such laws (or OHSA or EEOC or other such government 
regulatory laws designed to protect people) far more than the Republicans.



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


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