On Thu, 02 May 2002 21:08:06 -0700, Sabri Oncu wrote: >Louis, > >Why should French socialists not work on >building the ranks of the left while sharpening >its understanding of class principles and vote >for Chirac at the same time to ensure that Le >Pen is stopped this time? If they vote Chirac on >May 5 does it mean that they support Chirac? Not >that if they abstain they will make much >difference but why take chances?
Socialists must promote socialism. To advocate a vote for a bourgeois party makes a mockery of socialist principles. There is always enormous pressure on the left to cross class lines. You'll notice that members of the ruling class never urge a vote for revolutionary politicians. They seem to understand their class interests better than some woozy leftists. >Now who is guilty? Social Democrats or >Communists or both or all the rest other than >the Nazis? Again, I am just talking about the >numbers. My last post on this question dealt with the treachery of the SP. But the CP was equally culpable. It refused to bloc with the SP, which it called "Social Fascist". They actually backed a Nazi initiative to unseat an SP elected official in Saxony--something they called a "Red Referendum". -- Louis Proyect, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/03/2002 Marxism list: http://www.marxmail.org
