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David Thorstad wrote: > The convention opening report of Chairman Sam Webb > focused on the compelling need to accelerate the > democratic upsurge of working people and all > progressive forces combating persistent joblessness, > which stands near 20% of the workforce when all are > counted, and to defeat a resurgent ultra right-wing, > racist offensive designed to derail and destroy the > entire Obama progressive reform agenda, and Obama's > historic presidency as well. Webb targets the 2010 mid- > term elections were as the focus of political activity > for the next 6 months. Both the ultra-right challenge, > and the prospects for deepening reform and kicking up > the strength of the coalition that elected Obama, will > meet their next big test on November 2, 2010. That's > just 160 days from now. A century or so from now scholars might study the CPUSA as an example of self-delusion unparalleled on the left. Across the liberal spectrum (Huffington Post, Salon.com, The Nation), you find a steady stream of attacks on his handling of BP, the war in Afghanistan, immigrant rights, health care, bail-outs for big banks, etc. Meanwhile, none of this is reflected in the "Communist" press. Pathetic. Of course, this is more of a problem for the left than the SWP loony-tunes. The CP still has some influence while the SWP is smaller than the Spartacist League at this point. Maybe, down the road, I will write a series of posts on the CP. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
