From Harvard Politics. Com
"[On November 8, 2016, Americans were glued to their televisions, watching as the election results rolled in and waiting to find out who their next president would be. No matter which news station they turned on, they undoubtedly heard news anchors going back and forth about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's respective chances of winning the election. But there was something missing from the coverage that night. Two names were left out of the conversation: Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.
Although 22 percent of Americans do not identify with either of the two major parties, the third-party option is rarely taken seriously. Outsiders have occasionally managed to gain traction on the national stage, but more often than not, they struggle to gain even a percentage point or two in national elections. Since the beginning of the 20th century, only four third-party candidates have managed to win any electoral votes in a presidential election; the last time was in 1968..... ] "
Why is the Providence Journal and the mainstream news media in general pretending that in 2020- of all years!- there is no significant interest among the potential voters for a third party alternative to ESTABLISHMENT POLITICS - Democrats vs. Republicans ?
I am an INDEPENDENT democratic socialist but have voted for Green Party candidates in the past. Not just hard core Marxists but also social justice activists like the legendary lawyer Ralph Nader explained year after year the trap of the American two party system.
To be sure , the ABCs of Marxism are best explained by those classics : " The Communist Manifesto " and Vladimir Lenin's " State and Revolution " . They should be must reading for passionate but rather muddled " Black Lives Matter " activists. The root of racial oppression is CLASS oppression .
Way back in 1965 Black Muslim Malcolm X made a connection between racism and capitalism , between racism and American imperialism. In a letter to his wife ( circa 1953 ) Martin Luther King said he was moving toward some form of Christian socialism.
My favorite Malcolm X quote : " Show me a capitalist and I will show you a blood sucker ". Malcolm's friend back then ( the boxer " Cassius Clay ") opposed the draft and the Vietnam War saying : " No Vietcong ever called me a [ N-word ] !
There is no SOCIALIST wing of the Democratic Party despite right wing nonsense.
Jun 27, 2017 - He was, at the time, the greatest boxer in the world, even if he'd been ... whom many papers still referred to by his birth name, Cassius Clay, ... discrimination in America, declaring that “no Vietcong ever called me nigger. ... word knowledge and paragraph comprehension, along with assorted aptitude tests.]
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