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".... It has been documented ad nauseam that the main change has been among suburban white, middle class voters, especially white middle class women voters. This change reflects a changing attitude on the part of the mainstream of the US capitalist class. Take long time former Republican Michael Bloomberg. In this election cycle, he donated $100 million to various Democratic candidates.... "there has been a whole series of liberal candidates campaigning under the banner of “democratic socialists”. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is but the most prominent example. These “democratic socialists” will stir up some conflicts within the Democrats and cause some headaches for the leadership, but that’s the cost of doing business; that’s the necessary overhead for the Democrats’ to play the vital role that they do, keeping an independent working class movement from developing.... ".... Many people in the US have become accustomed to thinking of a political party purely in the role of the two major capitalist parties – as bodies that run people for office and try to get legislation passed. That’s the box into which capitalist politics tries to confine working class activity. A true working class party would be an organizing and mobilizing center for our class, in addition to being a center for debate around ideas, around clarifying the situation we find ourselves in. Ultimately, it would have to also run its own candidates for office, but that might not come first...." Read entire article here: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/11/20/the-midterm-elections-the-democrats-and-democratic-socialists-of-america/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
