[Marxism] An analysis of the DP convention that works better

[S. Artesian]

Different movements, Mark.

In Charles' movement, the Vietnam War ended 2 years earlier than it did 
because Nixon gave in to the demands of the anti-war movement, which had 
taken over the Democratic party,  by launching Operation Linebacker, the 
Christmas bombings of Vietnam, forcing North Vietnam back to the bargaining 
table to sue for an end to the bombings.  Nixon, you see, in bombing Vietnam 
was just trying to achieve what the anti-war movement wanted-- peace.

In our movement, the war ended in 1975, with more deaths after the 
prohibition on US ground combat roles than before.

In Charles' movement, the passage of the Voting Rights Act under the 
pressure of the civil rights movement which had entered into the Democratic 
party, (except for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party whose seats and 
votes were given to the Mississippi UnFreedom Democratic Party which had 
obtained its authority by and through the acts specifically prohibited in 
the Voting Rights Act) amounts to the realization of the movement's goals.

In our movement, the Voting Rights Act was not the ultimate goal.  Equality 
was, and without that equality, the ruling class would avail itself of every 
opportunity to disenfranchise African-American voters, which of course is 
exactly what has happened in Florida in 2000; with the bullshit state 
regulations requiring voters to present "official ID" at polling places, 
etc.