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From the blog:
"A party, a genuine party represents a class, section of a class or some other
social force. In the case of parties based on working people, ideally it is
defined by its base, not what it says on some paper, but what its adherents
believe and want. You can tell the DSA is the beginning of a party from the way
people are joining – on pure class instinct and identification.
A faction is defined by its ideas. It’s borders are not set by class interest
but by agreement with a whole litany of positions. No matter how big it is, a
faction that sets itself up as a separate, independent organization with a
position on everything under the sun that you have to accept is not a party but
a sect."
And representing a class, working class that is, and its interests , requires a
break with the Democratic party and its hacks and henchmen like Cuomo.
Moreover, as you say, "Alexandria was entirely within her rights to speak as
she spoke. Even if the organization had adopted a position to not vote for "all
Democratic nominees," an anti-endorsement, so to speak, she would still have
been entirely within her rights to express her own views."
And so are every member of NY DSA who said what she said about rallying behind
Cuomo was rubbish.
This is the reality of a real debate, argument, and organization...Leninist or
not. It is not factional. All the best,
S.
On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 7:12:39 PM CDT, Joaquin Bustelo via Marxism
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From my blog:
The most troubling thing is that this statement reeks of factionalism,
of people being lined up in some private little group built around an
important “principle” like we must “name our enemy,” or that DSA members
“who seek to speak on behalf of working people” must defend X, Y, or Z
position. And it is a very transparent attempt to drive AOC out of the
organization.
http://hatueysashes.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-new-york-city-dsas-infantile.html
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