-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:19 PM
To: 'Roger Loran Bailey' <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [blind-democracy] Unexpected
I heard this guy on either Flashpoints or Loud and Clear. He was introduced as
the head of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Unfortunately, I don't remember
his name. One more disability, short term memory deficit. However, he did say
that ordinarily, he would never recommend voting for a candidate of either of
the two major parties. He believes that this time, such a vote is necessary in
order to prevent a Fascist takeover.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:58 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [blind-democracy] Unexpected
I don't regularly read the press of the Revolutionary Communist Party, but I
think you must be thinking of some other party unless the RCP has made a
complete 180 from the position they have held since their founding. The RCP has
always urged everyone not to vote for anyone. They urge a boycott of bourgeois
elections in favor of direct street actions.
I am thinking that you may have heard someone from the Communist Party, USA.
The last time I recall them running their own candidate was when Gus Hall ran
for president in 1976. If they have run a candidate for anything since I must
have missed it. It seems to me that they have become a faction of the Democrat
party instead. They always urge a vote for the Democrat candidate and, in fact,
when they ran Gus Hall in 1972 they still praised party members for voting for
George McGovern. But if they no longer run candidates of their own and always
urge a vote for Democrats I find it hard to see how the CPUSA is not a faction
of the Democrat party.
___
Carl Sagan
“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder
and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to
nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will
prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront
the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the
Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will
penetrate its deepest mysteries.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
On 8/27/2020 3:33 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
On Flashpoints, I heard someone, I think he's the head of the
Revolutionary Communist Party, say that given the immanent threat of
Fascism that another term of Trump as President is causing, everyone
should vote for the Democrdatic nominee, Joe Biden, regardless of what
they think of him. Isn't that a surprise for someone in a Communist
party to suggest, given Roger's position on voting?
Miriam