“Democracy Endangered: DSA’s Strategy for the 2012 Elections and Beyond” The National Political Committee of Democratic Socialists of America
I. The Threat of Right-Wing Hegemony The 2012 election poses an extreme challenge to the future prospects for democracy in the United States. This threat demands the focused attention of the broad Left – the labor movement, communities of color, feminists, the LGBTQ community, environmentalists and peace activists. The task for the U.S. Left is two-fold. First, we must defeat the far-Right threat to democracy. Second, we need to build a grassroots, organized Left capable of fighting the corporate interests which dominate the leadership of both major political parties. The Left confronts a Republican Party thoroughly controlled by Right-wing forces that are determined to cement long-term control of the federal government and of the majority of states..... http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Fall_2012_content/NPC%20Statement.pdf _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
