[Marxism] Whatever Became Of What's-His-Name, The Radical?

[Mark Lause]

Eli Stephens <elishastephens at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> there are "vehicles" and there are "vehicles." The
> question is, did the Howie Hawkins "Green Party vehicle" reach signficantly more
> people than, say, Linda Jenness did campaigning as an SWP candidate in 1972, or
> than Gloria La Riva is going to reach campaigning as a PSL candidate in 2008.
> I'd say the answer is "no."
>

I'm sure that you're free to say whatever you want, but didn't Howie
actually WIN election locally?  Didn't this give his larger campaign
the kind of standing that campaigns like Linda Jenness never really
had?

I've been in a state of rather permanent angry at the GPUS for totally
screwing up the opportunity it had with the 2000 election, but I am
unconvinced that my being disgusted over the prevarications and
indecisiveness means that it, its candidates, and its affiliates can
no longer serve as a vehicle for taking entirely laudatory ideas to
many more people than can be reached by the usual tiny campaigns of
the "correct line" Left...

Solidarity!
Mark L.

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