I think it's hard to hold the one-off position and not be drawn into the general strategy of reforming the Democrats or pushing them to the Left.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 3:17 PM sartesian via groups.io <sartesian= earthlink....@groups.io> wrote: > Why is any of this....Angela Davis or some exec of the NLG "coming out" > for Harris....a surprise or anything other than "the usual"? When has > Angela Davis NOT been supporting Democrats? > > I think there are two streams running on marxmail urging "vote Harris:" > one is the JR stream, where voting Biden or Harris is a one-off, or given > 2020, a two-off--a tactical maneuver to buy time and delay the neo-fascist > tide; the other is "strategic"-expressed most clearly by MG with his > "socialism is dead" evaluation of the current situation. > > So while J R can say "despite voting for Harris our work organizing the > class struggle against the bourgeoisie goes on before/during after the > election." He's wrong, but he can say it. > > Those with the "strategic" take or the programmatic one that says working > within the Democratic Party is the only viable path need to explain where > the path leads and what issues propel whoever the agent of action is > supposed to be. And who is the agent? > > Like--what about the electoral college? what about the Senate? which are > two methods of voter suppression baked right into the truths the Democrats > hold to be self-evident. What about Palestine? What about NATO; what and > how are right-to-work laws going to be defeated etc > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32598): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32598 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108691224/21656 -=-=- 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: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
