On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 10:45 AM, Charlie wrote: > > Abortion rights directly matter to a great part of the population. Women's > right to vote was a step along the way to social and economic equality, > too. The "powerful democratic demand" that Gandall sees in abolition of > the electoral college has no such impact or attraction.
I wouldn't counterpose abortion rights to majority voting rights - they are both essential democratic demands - but I appreciate the pitfalls pointed to by David W. and Steven R. I'm much less familiar than they about the intricacies of the US political system, and was more posing a question about the feasibility of organizing around the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact than providing an answer. But I will go out on a limb to say that this demand, despite its shortcomings, would still resonate more with US working people than the advice dispensed by Charlie to Marxists who are active in the unions and allied movements to " agitate for working-class power, socialist revolution, and as a corollary, no presidential vote this year." -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32696): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32696 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108801645/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
