Re: Beyond Criticism of the Democratic Party

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/4/06, Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings Economists,
> Speaking for disabled population certain facts are more or less what is
> to be expected.
> On Nov 3, 2006, at 4:24 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > To which strata of
> > the working class in general and women, Blacks, gay men and lesbians,
> > disabled, etc. in particular do the benefits of electing Democrats
> > (differences between Democrats and Republicans in terms of wages,
> > social program benefits, incarceration rates, unemployment rates,
> > abortion access, civil union and gay marriage support, etc.) accrue?
>
> Small scale services organizations benefit from the Democrats.  For
> example Nancy Pelosi was at the celebration of DREDF (Disabled Rights
> Education and Defense Fund) a small legal group that sued for disabled
> kids in the schools.  So that schools reflected more assistive
> technology and access.  This Democratic support was reflected
> nationally in the Americans for Disability Act (ADA), and other laws
> that DREDF had a significant hand in formulating.  So businesses that
> serve disabilities gain support by Democratic legalities.

And organizations like them exist for all identity groups and
issue-based movements on the broadly defined Left.  To them, and a
part of their constituencies, the Democrats still deliver.  What to do
with this fact is a question for which those of us who want a party
that is not for the empire have no easy answer.

> The
> Soviets would sometimes claim that having the wrong position to
> Socialism was a sign of being crazy.  Implying the right attitudes made
> one sane.

I'm afraid this attitude remains on the Left.  :->
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Yoshie
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