This is combined from two posts I made on different people’s facebook pages.
Maybe things are too complicated... let's do what Gramsci would do... look for common points of unity with lots of people and put it all together in an organized way for people to understand.
Here is a posting I made on another facebook site... let's see if this merits discussion:
Alan L. Maki... I agree with Jane and John... the thing is, how do we get people together to kick off such a movement?
A while back Terri proposed a "declaration of independence from the democratic party."
We need to have some way to physically bring people together by issuing a call of some kind for the formation of a new party that creates maximum unity around three issues that seem to be on the minds of many people in this country:...
Peace
Jobs
Healthcare
To me it seems like a simple thing... formulate a program that calls for a National Healthcare System (call it socialized healthcare, whatever)... which will create at least 6 million new jobs--- decent jobs with good pay; all paid for by ending these dirty wars... we proclaim our independence from the Democratic Party because they are incapable and unwilling to break with their big-business partners in delivering such a program. We tell the American people this is our program... plain and simple.
Call the party what we are seeking: the Peace, Jobs and Healthcare Party.
We don't have to agree on accomplishing anything else as an electoral coalition... anyone wants something else, they take care of that through their own organizations and build other coalitions.
We could draft a model piece of legislation ready to be introduced by people elected on this platform.
We could put on one heck of a campaign across this country.
We explain to people that Obama's wars are costing them free healthcare and good jobs, and say any country that can squander trillions on wars can provide its own people with jobs providing us all with healthcare.
What is the obstacle to progressive minded people agreeing to take up such a task while declaring our independence from the Democratic Party ?
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