[Marxism] "demo-green" paranoia and slander

[Craig Brozefsky]

"Dayne Goodwin" <daynegoodwin at gmail.com> writes:

> One of the major factions in the Green Party is called the
> "demogreen faction". It is also referred to as the
> "lesser-evil-greens faction".  A more lengthy but rather more
> descriptive title would be "Democrat Party Accommodationists". These
> are the people in the Green Party who believe that the function of
> the Green Party is to improve the Democrat Party and by all means to
> avoid hurting Democrat Party candidates. Phil Huckleberry, one of
> the leaders of this faction, made this demonstrably clear at the
> 2005 Green Party convention when he stood up and screamed while
> pounding the table: "I did not join an independent party, I joined
> the Green Party; I did not join the Green Party to fight the
> Democrat Party". Huckleberry continues to warn Green Party members
> not to criticize "progressive" Democrats."

This is slanderous horseshit driven by sectarian paranoia.

Phil has put countless hours, and an immense amount of energy into
building the Green Party as a real and effective alternative to the
Democratic Party.  I have seen this work first-hand, as he is a member
of my Illinois GP local, played a key role in helping us build the
Cook County Green Party, along with many others help win and then
defend our ballot access in Illinois, and making the ILGP something of
*real* value to the communities in Chicago who want to build something
outside of the Democratic Party machine that dominate our city's
politics.  His actions speak volumes which contradict the conclusion
you ask us to draw from that single de-contextualized quote.  He not
only criticizes "progressive" democrats, but is actively helping GP
candidates, such as Omar Lopez [1] who is challenging Louis Gutierez
in the Illinois 4th congressional district.

The last thing Phil H. is, is a "Democratic Party Accomodationist" and
I find your characterization of him as one, repulsive, sectarian and
just flat-out ignorant.  So, if you are shopping around Phil as one of
the key "demo-greens" in the national GP leadership, it calls into
question the entire concept of "demo-greens" as a serious threat to
the GP.

[1] http://omarlopez2008.org/


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