CC writes: >I would
prefer to speak of different sectors of one working class in formation, since
most of those "yuppies" would be -- or since the 2000 crash are already -- in
great trouble if their paychecks cease for a few months.<
especially if the housing bubble pops...
> And those "culture wars" need, eventually, to
be won _inside_ the working class. AND that will be rather difficult to do so
long as a large number of leftists remain tied to the DP.<
This suggests that, for clarity's sake, future
discussions of the DP and ABB should make it clear whether we're talking about
(1) working within the DP; or
(2) voting for Kerry.
as for me, I agree that working within the DP is
absolutely the wrong way to go. What we need is an anti-war movement and other
anti-establishmentarian movements. As for issue #2, voting is a very personal
decision -- and very powerless.
A lot of people here in California will be follow Molly
Ivins' 2000 advice and will be voting for Nader (or Leonard Peltier) precisely
_because_ it will have no effect on the actual election. It's a mystery to me
why all those "yuppies" in California are so adamantly anti-Nader!
Jim Devine
