Gibbons Brian said > > It might be their dopey take on socialism. > > Maduro is a thumb in the eye of US imperialism > > But a socialist come on > > The left spends a lot of time grasping for socialist examples and icons > > Better spent building them where they live (not icons; too easily become > distractions) >
Maduro has definitely been moving to the right in the last few years, but even so he is still further to the left of most so-called socialist leaders here in the US. While international solidarity with countries in the crosshairs of US imperialism is important, so is movement building at home. COINTEPRO cast a long, dark shadow over the left in this country, one we have only begun to emerge from in the last few years. One reason we have not seen new generations of socialist/Marxist leaders (read future icons) in this country could be the younger generations have learned the lessons of history too well, and don't want to end up like the Panthers. As for the DSA, and their trip to Venezuela, something I could never see a centrist like AOC doing, perhaps there are those within the DSA who want to both move the organization further left, and try to give it more international credibility. If that's the case, maybe they ought to team up with certain smaller socialist parties, who already do have international connections. Parties who are busy reaching out the poor and working classes, doing mutual ald, educating about capitalism and Marxism, but lack the name recognition, and big money supporters (?) of the DSA. And I am aware there are branches of the DSA doing this, but how many in the DSA couple this with a message that the Democratic Party is neither a friend of the poor and working classes, nor a vehicle for societal change. That in a capitalist country, you cannot vote your way to revolution. Antiwar groups, like Code Pink have taken a much stronger stand against blockades and sanctions than the DSA has. That's what you do when you don't have ties to one of the two branches of the War Party. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9872): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9872 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
