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LP: "I would not vote for any candidate who belonged to a party that..." When Lenin supported voting for and working within the British Labor Party, he did so knowing and critiquing the history of its pro-imperialist and reactionary leadership. What Trotsky once said on doing so seems relevant ( https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1936/xx/ilp.htm): βIt is argued that the Labour Party already stands exposed by its past deeds in power and its present reactionary platform. For example, by its decision at Brighton. For us β yes! But not for the masses, the eight millions who voted Labour. It is a great danger for revolutionists to attach too much importance to conference decisions. We use such evidence in our propaganda β but it cannot be presented beyond the power of our own press. One cannot shout louder than the strength of his own throat.β Do shout about the evils of the Democratic Party--I do. But recognize that that is not a strategy--and it is certainly not an "ABC" of socialism to mistake a catalogue of evils for a guide to strategy. -Jason _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
