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I have loyally followed this line for just about a half century but today, when there is only a microscopic organizational left presence, including even the barely visible electoral campaigns of the SWP in the 1960s and 70s, today, when the activists we want to talk to and work with are campaigning for someone not afraid to use the term socialism, not afraid to support the Palestinians, not afraid to take on immigrant bashers and killer cops - what do we tell these activists when they ask for our support - "when you're ready to split from the Democrats, come see us"??? If O-C's campaign winds up moving away from these positions and towards "the center" in order to be "pragmatic", then the answer of course is to denounce it. If her campaign does not "moderate" its positions (and because of the demographics of her district in terms of slight support for Republicans, she may not feel obliged to), what then? Do we keep quiet about it and just vote for her? If so, can we be accused of "talking the talk but not walking the walk"?Do we work to support the campaign that we might be willing to vote for? Just asking. On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 1:25 PM, John Reimann via Marxism < > > But one thing is sure: We cannot effectively campaign for and actually > take the necessary and possible steps > towards a working class party if we support ANY Democrats at the same > time. DSA is proving that (in the negative) every day. > > John Reimann > > _________________________________________________________ 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
