I hope the DSA's visit to Venezuela reflects a willingness to campaign strongly against the US economic blockade.
Economic blockades are a key weapon in US imperialism's efforts to crush any government that defies it in any way. Socialists in the United States need to educate people to oppose this economic warfare. The blockade has caused extreme hardship in Venezuela. We can criticise the Venezuelan government, but the main task of socialists in the US and its allies such as Australia is to oppose the blockade. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of John Reimann <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 6 July 2021 12:53 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [marxmail] DSA Delegates Meet With Maduro The support by the majority of the leadership of DSA for Maduro raises a question: In my view, DSA is basically a reformist group that is directly and indirectly linked to the Democratic Party. It tends to limit itself to what is acceptable to at least the "left" wing of the Democrats. For example, it ignores the fact that "medicare for all" is completely inadequate and what is really needed is socialized medicine - taking the medical industry out of the fee-for-service, for profit "free" market. It has no serious critique of the Green New Deal. On and on. So, why is it that on the issue of Venezuela an apparent majority of the DSA leadership seems to break with its subservience to the left of the Democratic Party? In my view, it is kind of a cover for their their reformist position overall. They can appear very "left" on this issue without really disturbing class relations, without building an independent movement of workers here at home. In fact, they know that the overwhelming majority of workers here would not support their position. In this sense, it shows how divorced they are from the working class. This whole affair reminds me of the liberals back in the 1930s and on who were fellow travelers, supporting Stalin. John Reimann -- “Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9727): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9727 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83998702/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
