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The organizers of the Leftelect conference said that it exceeded their
expectations in attendance and results. While I am no less excited and
pleased, the results–the idea of holding another conference at some
point–had been very predictable. I was hardly disappointed by this,
because we really had no reason to expect more, but it is important to
note that participants in the conference were ready to do more.
I have little to add to the descriptions of the conference by Louis
Proyect of The North Star and Dan Labotz of The New Politics, the latter
also being one of the conference organizers. However, I did want to
underscore a few issues that merit particular thought about this
historic gathering.
Towards the close of the first day, supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders
circulated an open letter from the newly declared Democratic
presidential candidate expressing his solidarity with the goals of the
conference and reminding us of his efforts on behalf of independent
candidates at Richmond, Madison, and Chicago. While such a development
should have surprised nobody, the conference thereafter seemed haunted
by the Sanders’ campaign. It could have addressed this by appointing a
committee to draft a response. (After getting home, John Halle, Fred
Murphy and myself made a very respectable job at doing this in a few
emails.) Then, either the conference organizers could have send it or
the conference itself could have voted to send it.
full: http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=12268
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