Re: [Marxism] American CP leader still solidly behind Obama

2009-09-09 Thread Bill O'Connor
Louis Proyect l...@panix.com writes: http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/8960/ I believe it was Cde. Smith who called the CPUSA the Democratic Pet Sematary. Revolutionaries to there to be be buried and re-animated as DNC phone bankers. -- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor

Re: [Marxism] American CP leader still solidly behind Obama

2009-09-09 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:33:41 -0400 Bill O'Connor bill...@gmail.com writes: Louis Proyect l...@panix.com writes: http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/8960/ I believe it was Cde. Smith who called the CPUSA the Democratic Pet Sematary. Revolutionaries to there to be be

Re: [Marxism] American CP leader still solidly behind Obama

2009-09-09 Thread Bhaskar Sunkara
It's not like the Democrats have benefited much from their advocacy. They have some convoluted theory that justifies their support for this President, which has included the claim that Obama is perhaps the most pro-labor President in U.S. history, in some manifestos that Webb has penned.

Re: [Marxism] American CP leader still solidly behind Obama

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Lause
Well, it isn't about what the Democrats get out of it, but what the cadaverous remnants of the CP might obtain. Tana leaves? Most non-Communist progressives and even liberals, black as well as white, have started becoming openly critical of Obama's failure to accomplish anything to which the