Revisiting the MPP After Its “People’s Convention” Socialist Organizer, Sept. 13 https://tinyurl.com/y28h7dvq
"One month ago, The Organizer Weekly published an editorial with our assessment of the Movement for a People’s Party (MPP). We affirmed, based on MPP texts and actions that (1) the MPP was not proposing to build a party truly independent of the Democrats and Republicans, and (2) the MPP was not proposing to build a working-class party rooted in the struggles of workers and oppressed communities — proposing instead a multi-class “people’s party.” . . . "Let’s take a closer look at the August 30 “People’s Convention” sponsored by the MPP to see if our assessment of the MPP is off base." . . . On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 8:40 AM Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > > On 9/4/20 10:22 PM, Dayne Goodwin wrote: > > > "No sooner had the compromise agreement fallen through than The Organizer‘s > editorial board learned that the MPP had joined the California Progressive > Alliance (CPA) as an “organizational ally.” The CPA is a coalition that works > both inside and outside the Democratic Party. It endorses “progressive > Democrats” running for office in local, state and federal elections. Joining > the CPA no longer surprised us; after all, the MPP website still included a > FAQ affirming that, “the missing ingredient in our progressive movement today > [is] pressure from outside the Democratic Party [that] will cause it to > change or be replaced.”" > > This is history repeating itself. There used to be something called the > National Committee for Independent Political Action (NCIPA) that was going to > build a left party. It never happened, as might have been expected with > someone like Ted Glick in the leadership. KeyWiki is a rightwing website but > it has an accurate history of its rise and fall. The Movement for a People's > Party will have the same dynamic. > > https://keywiki.org/National_Committee_for_Independent_Political_Action > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1546): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/1546 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76628306/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
