If Clinton is so awful - and I agree that she is - why not help Sanders defeat her, instead of assuming that he will lose to her? According to recent polls, Sanders is leading her in Iowa and New Hampshire, with more than 50% in New Hampshire.
Isn't it odd that 50% of Democrats in New Hampshire have a broader political horizon than the people trashing Sanders on this list? Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/15/15 4:15 PM, Robert Naiman wrote: > > I certainly don't equate mobilization with seceding from mainstream > > political engagement; quite the contrary, seceding from mainstream > > political engagement is a form of demobilization. > > > > Maybe you don't see the need for radical solutions to America's > problems. Bernie Sanders makes good points in his speeches but none very > different than what you can hear on MSNBC on a nightly basis. > > The central issue of our age is capitalism just as slavery was in the > 1800s. Running as a Democrat indicates that you are okay with the > economic system. Of course, Sanders calls himself a "socialist", which > is probably the worst thing about his campaign. It only confuses young > people and makes the task of building a genuine socialist movement more > difficult. > > This wasn't always the case with Sanders. In the 1970s he was a genuine > socialist and identified with Eugene V. Debs. But as is generally the > case, being an elected politician in the USA tends to accommodate you to > the status quo, generally more pronounced the higher you get on the > totem pole. > > When he ends up urging a vote for Hillary Clinton, that will speak a lot > more about his commitment to "socialism" than any speech. Clinton stands > for exactly those values that are destroying this country. As a member > of the Clinton administration ex officio, she backed: > > --The elimination of Aid to Dependent Children > > --NAFTA > > --Stepped up mineral and oil extraction in regions where old growth > trees and endangered species were present. > > --Elimination of Glass-Steagall, thus opening the door to the financial > calamity we have been enduring. > > --Threats against Social Security, only forestalled because her husband > got caught with his pants down. > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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