Re: Leftists and Electoral Politics Re: California recall results

[Mike Ballard <swillsqueal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- Jurriaan Bendien <bendien@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A third party on the left in an electoral system
> like the United
> > States' can never rise to power without a prior
> collapse of the
> > political party controlled by the ruling class
> that had captured
> > working-class votes (the Democratic Party, in the
> case of the United
> > States).
>
> We'll see about that. I completely disagree with
> this statement. It reminds
> of a way of thinking that a certain wellknown
> politician had in 1938, and
> that way of thinking became a self-fulfilling
> prophecy. I could also
> demonstrate why that way of thinking is false, with
> specific examples from
> my own experience. "Lesser-evil" arguments are
> inexhaustible, simply because
> there is always a "lesser evil".
>
> J.

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The lesser evil party is in power in the UK and, IT IS
a lesser evil than the Tories.  An even lesser evil
would be for the SWP to take command of the Labour
Party.  But boring from within can be boring to the
working class and hard on the burn out rate of
sacrificial militants.

Best just to be a revolutionary and try to develop
soldarity where you can, at work, in the streets and
everywhere you go.  Sure, vote for whomever you like,
but nobody is going anywhere until the working class
organizes to take power for itself.

Best to all,
Mike B)


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"Commodification works in our favour in the instance of the influence of learned ideology over class consciousness," she said.

"How's that?  Oh yes, the cheapening of the *quality* of  knowledge absorbed by the *majority* of brains manifesting itself as consciousness, also applies to the depth which ideology is rooted as a power against material interest," he replied.

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