"Despite their party affiliation, it would be a mistake to view the Sawant and Moore campaigns as indicative of a groundswell in support for socialism, however defined. Sawant?s success owes itself to concrete policy proposals, such as a highly popular call for a $15/hour minimum wage?a ballot measure that was too-close-to-call in nearby Seatac. Moore, an organizer for Occupy Homes, focused heavily on the issue of foreclosures."
I would contend that no socialist movement or party anywhere has ever achieved success except on the basis of concrete policy proposals. The October Revolution succeeded on the basis of Lenin's promises of peace and bread, which in a country that was suffering as the result of a long war, was about as concrete as one could get. I doubt that socialists have ever succeeded anywhere because people were enamored with the idea of socialism as an abstract ideaL.
Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfarmelant www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math -------------------------------------------------- From: "Alan Stewart" <alan-stew...@progressiveglobalcommons.org> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 4:04 PM To: <marxism-thaxis@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu> Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] SAWANT Campaign Invigorates Socialist Politics
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