Re: Let.s Go Hillary

[Charles Brown <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> Louis Proyect
Matthijs Krul wrote:
> Even when
> times were vastly rougher and the leftist challenge vastly stronger
than
> they were now, like around WWI and the Great Depression, the
two-party
> system in the US stood as a rock amidst the storm. It's simply not
> feasible to expect it to collapse as long as plurality voting
exists.

This does not take into account the hold that the CP had on the
American
left, which allowed it to squelch bids to build a Labor Party.

^^^^

CB: I believe this was because the CP considered itself a Labor Party.
Sort of like the Bolsheviks were the Social Democratic _Labor_ Party.
"Squelch" is a loaded term in this context, therefore.  They would be
saying , if you want to build a labor party, support us.