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> The American class struggle will dictate both the program and the > organizational forms we use While this is true, understanding the layers of obstacles built into the US electoral system is important for making strategic decisions in these organizations. I think he actually, in a way, argues the same as you: "Through a process of natural selection, such obstacles tend to repel serious and experienced local politicians and organizers, while disproportionately attracting activists with a certain mentality: disdainful of practical politics or concrete results; less interested in organizing, or even winning elections, than in bearing witness to the injustice of the two-party system through the symbolic ritual of inscribing a third-party’s name on the ballot." To me this reads as saying that parties focused on dealing with these obstacles for ballot access and legal legitimacy as a "political party" become all about dealing with these intricacies instead of the class struggle. So instead of subjecting the party to the organizational form and guidelines laid out by the federal government, let them evolve from the actual struggle. Tristan _________________________________________________________ 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
