I hadn't known before that the old stager was ex-SWP. Made my day.
On Jan 16, 2016 2:36 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bernie Sanders is a stubborn man, a fact I kept coming across as I > reported and wrote “Why Bernie Sanders Matters,” the unauthorized > biography of the Democratic presidential candidate. That trait might > explain why he continues to describe himself as a “Democratic > Socialist,” even though any mention of the “S-word” turns off many > American voters. A recent Gallup poll found that less than half of > Americans would vote for a candidate who is a socialist. “Socialist” in > an epithet, hurled by conservatives at President Barack Obama to > discredit his health care reform efforts. > > To be sure, Sanders has been gradually moving away from socialism. As a > radical student activist in the 1960s, he identified with the Socialist > Workers Party. When he first ran for statewide office in Vermont during > the 1970s, he described himself as a socialist. In office, he all but > glorified the term. Walk into his Senate office and you will see a > plaque on the wall honoring Eugene V. Debs, who ran for president five > times as leader of the Socialist Party of America. > > But Bernie Sanders is not a socialist. No way, no how. He’s not even a > democratic socialist, as it is practiced in the Scandinavian nations. > Fact is the socialists don’t want Sanders. > > full: > http://www.salon.com/2016/01/16/bernie_sanders_is_no_socialist_socialism_is_his_brand_but_hes_a_democrat_in_every_way_but_name/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
