[Peace-discuss] Party politics

[Barbara kessel]

I also deeply agree with Carl's statement. And it is not dependent on
how good or bad individual Dems are. Issue movements of all types need
to maintain their independence  - from parties as well as from
corporate interests (hard to distinguish from one another now) - in
order to be effective. Barbara Kessel

On 7/20/07, Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Carl writes "I think the antiwar movement would be irrelevant, though, if
> we did this [backing the Democrats]. We'll be much more effective if we
> articulate our own principles and demands--including immediate
> withdrawal--and fight for them."
>
> I think this is accurate. Although many Democrats are active in supporting
> the anti-war movement, the anti-war movement should stick to its issues and
> not back a particular party.
>
> Bob
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing list
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
>