Corbyn will face even stiffer obstacles than Tsipras because he will be opposed from the outset by a majority of his fellow Labour MPs, who will be constantly scheming to get rid of him. More generally, it is simply impossible in any major capitalist country today to realize an electoral-reformist scenario: get elected to parliament, secure a majority and proceed to enact a series of thoroughgoing Keynesian measures. Such reforms are beyond the bounds of acceptability for the bourgeoisie of today, and they will not hesitate to deploy all of the powerful weapons at their disposal to prevent such an outcome. Anyone who counsels faith in such a scenario is setting his/her followers up for defeat.
The above doesn't mean, however, that elections are irrelevant. A left victory can possibly act as a catalyst for extra-electoral mass initiatives, with a revolutionary outcome. But creating and furthering such initiatives must be addressed by the left as a task. Is there anyone capable doing that in Britain today? Jim Creegan
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