[Marxism] Obama: Tactics and Strategy without organization?

[Anthony Boynton]

I think it is worthwhile to discuss tactics and
strategy for the current election season in the United
States, up to a point.

But on this list we are talking about tactics and
strategy for individuals, not for parties and groups.

Specifically Joaquin "dissolve yourself forwith"
Bustelo is in a quandary over what to do in relation
to the Obama campaign.

Here is what he wrote,

"No, I do not have a brilliant proposal to solve this
quandry, only that our tactical stance must take into
account both sides of the contradiction and seek to
resolve it in a progressive direction."

The practical way to engage Obama's "movement" in a
conversation is to run an independent left, hopefully
socialist, candidate against the two parties of war.
If the candidate is a good enough debater, Obama's
foot soldiers, especailly those on the left of his
army, will pay attention.

The best way for this to pay off is to build an
organization around that independent left candidate
that will continue to exist after November 2008.
Traditionally this kind of an organization has been
called a party.

At this point in time, in real life, the only party
that can serve this purpose in the short run is the
Greens, despite the undemocratic interanl structure
and despite the rotting braindead Demo-green
overgrowth.

Cynthia McKinney or Ralph Nader could be the
spokesperson, the candidate, but building an
organization which will attract activists should be
the point.

Marx forbid that anyone should dare call it democratic
centralist, Leninist, or even Marxist. 

But as long as each person is just an individual
activist, Joaquin's quandary will be more existential
than dialectical.

Anthony 


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