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The presentation by Gloria La Riva, presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, was not available as we went to press. The follow ing statement is from her campaign website: www.
votepsl.org.
“Capitalism is a corrupt, bankrupt system that is destroying the environment while the superrich accrue obscene wealth,” stated Gloria La Riva.
“The capitalist bankers torched the economy and the federal government bailed them out with our money. What an outrage! Today the criminal bank ers are richer than ever while millions of working people have been plunged into poverty.
A socialist system shatters this destructive mod el. Socialism means that the wealth of society, all of which was created by the labor of working people, would be used to create a sustainable environment while providing every person with a decent job or an income for those who can’t work, free education and affordable housing.
Glen Ford is an executive editor of Black Agenda Re port. His presentation to Socialist Action’s Feb. 5 and 6 forums was closely based on a recent BAR article, which is excerpted here with permission of the author.
Blacks in the South will probably not vote for Bernie Sanders, although they most resemble the “Scandina vian social democrats” of Sanders’ dreams. However, Black voters don’t express their politics through the ballot. Rather, Blacks are drawn into the jaws of the Democratic Party, not by ideological affinity, but in search of protection from the Republicans.” It is the politics of fear.
Bernie Sanders has succeeded in stalling the Clin ton juggernaut in Iowa, and is expecting a resounding victory next week in New Hampshire. However, the euphoria will fade as his supporters confront the like lihood that their quest to transform the Democratic Party “from below” will be derailed in the South by Blacks, who are the decisive bloc, or outright majori ties, in the region’s Democratic primaries, and who make up about a quarter of the Party’s support, na tionwide.
It is a great paradox that the Sanders campaign