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So what leads you to the conclusion that Sanders is not going to run as a Democrat? My understanding, admittedly from afar, is the opposite, and that he intends to fight the DP primary, if he runs at all. -Aaron A. On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Wayne M. Collins via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > > Steve Early may be overly enthusiastic about a Sanders campaign and as > long as it is in the Democratic Party, such "enthusiasm" is misplaced. > Whether Louis thinks Sanders is a socialist by whatever criteria he holds, > most people think he is, he thinks he is and for all intents and purposes > in a pre-revolutionary situation he is. What he would be in a revolutionary > context I don't know. But the critical step today is the possible break to > the left from the Democratic Party. Sanders is really the only hope of that > in any meaningful way. Personally, I don't think he will break with the > Democrats. Too bad. But the point is that unless someone with the name > recognition of Sanders and the ability by virtue of that to drive a wedge > between unanimous union support for Hillary and the Democratic Party and to > gain the attention and an audience in the U.S. we are not going anywhere. > > The abject failure of the radical left to engage with Sanders, to > facilitate his campaigns in their own press, to pay attention to what he > does on the floor of the Senate is indicative of the rigid fear that > leftists have of "contamination." In reality, a modern day sectarian is > someone who is afraid of being, called an opportunist. If Sanders runs as > an independent (and, unfortunately, Early isn't calling for that), we can't > miss the chance to take advantage of such a campaign. If he can't be > convinced to change his stance on Gaza have to live with it, and it won't > keep us from attacking that position while working for a Sanders campaign > and education all we come in contact with on the issue - both of opposing > Israeli imperialism and the need for supporting a Third Party campaign, > false vessel and all. > > "There is a tide in the affairs of men > Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. > Omitted , all the voyage of their life > Is bound in shallows and miseries. > On such a sea are we now afloat > And we must take it when it serves > Or lose our virtues." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Proyect via Marxism <[email protected]> > To: Wayne M. Collins <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Sep 4, 2014 6:20 am > Subject: [Marxism] Fwd: Lone Socialist Senator in the U.S. Ponders A 2016 > Presidential Run | Opinion | teleSUR > > > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > Steve Early seems enthusiastic over a Bernie Sanders campaign. I think > that Early is a great labor journalist but this article is surprisingly > one-sided both for calling Sanders a "socialist" and for failing to > reference his kowtowing to the Israel lobby. > > > http://telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Lone-Socialist-Senator-in-the-U.S.-Ponders-A-2016-Presidential-Run-20140904-0009.html > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: [email protected] > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/shacht%40aol.com > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: [email protected] > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amaral1871%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
