Workers World Party formally endorses (Cynthia) McKinney

[brooklynite]

The Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party has announced its formal endorsement of Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney:

McKinney’s campaign is Black-led, anti-imperialist, working-class-centered and has a multinational radical base with the potential of unlimited growth.

Of course, we believe that the struggle should not be confined to the electoral arena, especially as the capitalist ruling class completely dominates the electoral process. We must be in the streets fighting the war, fighting foreclosures and evictions, fighting in solidarity with immigrant workers, etc. However, Workers World believes that supporting the McKinney campaign is a step forward towards the path that the movement needs to take.

Independent Political Report

That should add dozens of votes to her tally.....

[The Magistrate]

1. Oh, Happy, Happy Day, Sir....

[Renew Deal]

2. Does that mean that she's the socialist candidate?

The socialist party is usually on the ballot in NY.

[brooklynite]

4. Take your pick.....

There's a Socialist Party candidate, a Socialist Workers Party candidate, and a Party of Socialism and Liberation candidate.

[Douglas Carpenter]

7. The Socialist Party USA is a Debbsian democratic-socialist Party

The Workers World Party is an hardline, extremely doctrinaire and ideological Totksyist party....they have nothing to do with each other

There was a time, almost 30 years ago that I followed these things.

I realized that when Jello Biafra got more votes running for Mayor of San Francisco than most of these groups received nationally. It dawned on me that there was not a lot to be taken very seriously.

[jonnyblitz]

3. Workers World Party is ANSWER.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers_World_Party

[Occam Bandage]

5. But who will the Revolutionary Communist Party endorse?

I only listen to Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Communists.

[davsand]

6. That kinda gives Obama more credibility with the more conservative folks.

I'm not bashing anybody when I say this, but Obama really isn't gonna be terribly wounded by this one. I doubt seriously that most of the voters who pay attention to this particular endorsement would have voted for Obama anyway. If anything it hammers home the idea that he really isn't a Socialist like McCain claims.


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Laura