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'The emergence of Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner in the Democratic Party primaries has stunned the world. But it shouldn’t have. The U.S. is merely joining in the wave of electoral insurrections that are upending the political order across the world.' '[The] American Parties have very little control over who can and cannot run on their tickets. Anyone is free to enter a primary, and if they can attract enough votes, it is very hard to stop them. And the Party leadership’s helplessness is becoming palpable. The last weapon they had was their fear mongering, and now that too has become ineffective.' https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/scripting-an-audacity-of-hope-the-sanders-way/article30945432.ece?homepage=true It is stunning how people who claim to be Marxists have unalloyed and uncritical support for bourgeois politics of workers...We live in interesting times. Raju J Das York University, Toronto _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com