[Marxism] Re: runoff may be needed in Brazil

[Jon Flanders]

On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 22:18 -0400, Fred Feldman wrote:
> Lula-phobia has also been a driving force in the international left
> campaign for Helena, which struck me as a not very healthy
> intervention.
>  
> I'm afraid the importance of this election has not been a mere
> artifact
> of the twisted mind of Walter Lippmann.
> Fred Feldman
> 

I'm with you on this issue Fred. I don't know that much about Brazilian
politics, but in the current context a loss for Lula in the second round
would be a real blow, to the working class in Brazil and for all Latin
America.

Not to see this would be real sectarian blindness. Is the PSOL really
that out to lunch?

Jon Flanders