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Further on the Bernie business...I reckon this article in the latest GLW is real smart and keenly nuanced. <QUOTE> Despite his array of progressive policies, Sanders has critics on the left who disagree with his position on key issues — such as foreign policy (where Sanders takes a less anti-establishment line than in other areas), gun control and his handling of racial issues, such as the Black Lives Matter movement and calls for reparations over slavery. There is also debate among forces to the left of the Democrats about whether running for the Democrats is a suitable strategy for a socialist and over the nature and limits of Sanders' “socialism”. Sanders is definitely not advocating a socialist revolution. His politics are better understood as broadly social democratic — hoping to alleviate the ills of capitalism without overthrowing capitalism. His support for some of the key aspects of the US empire is an example of that distinction. But the effect he is having on US politics is profound, and is creating a powerful pole pulling political discourse — at least as far as it relates to the Democratic race — to the left. One of the main criticisms of the Occupy movement was that it failed to develop a political vehicle to achieve change. It seems much of that Occupy spirit has found a political expression in Sanders, although the limits of that home if it remains within the corporate-controlled Democrats are clearly real. Sanders' campaign builds on the class-consciousness that Occupy restarted in US society. Speaking in Iowa, Sanders said: “The American people are saying no to a rigged economy. They no longer want to see an economy in which the average American works longer hours for low wages while almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1%.” </UNQUOTE> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
