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Peter Camejo wrote The Avocado Declaration in 2004. It details how a prime function of the Democratic Party is to siphon real protest into itself, where it then renders it inert. This has been going on for quite some time. After all, the Democratic Party backstabbed the Populist Party in the 1890′s. I [...] From The Avocado Declaration, by Peter Camejo, written in Spring 2004 as he was running for vice president on the Green Party ticket, with Nader as presidential candidate. Camejo explains how real change in the US invariably originates from third parties and independent movements, and how the historic role of the Democratic Party has been [...] From The Avocado Declaration, by Peter Camejo, written in Spring 2004 as he was running for vice president on the Green Party ticket, with Nader as presidential candidate. Camejo explains how real change in the US invariably originates from third parties and independent movements, and how the historic role of the Democratic Party has been [...] From The Avocado Declaration, by Peter Camejo, written in Spring 2004 as he was running for vice president on the Green Party ticket, with Nader as presidential candidate. Camejo explains how real change in the US invariably originates from third parties and independent movements, and how the historic role of the Democratic Party has been [...] “Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee” — Helen Keller From The Avocado Declaration, by Peter Camejo, written in Spring 2004 as he was running for vice president on [...] The Spanish Prisoner reviews Peter Camejo’s memoir, North Star. There are two aspects of this book that may well prove controversial. The first is his critique of Trotskyism. The second is his discussion of the left’s capitulation to the Democrats during the 2000′s. Camejo argues that during the 1930?s, when the Trotskyists were trying [...] David Dayan ponders the role of progressives trying to work for change and the Netroots Nation goal of electing more of them within a Democratic Party establishment that doesn’t much care for them. He sees some hopeful signs among organizers but little from DC. And yet. On the panel in which I participated on the [...] TalkLeft continues their discussion of “the transformation of the once Left blogosphere into the Democratic blogosphere” wondering how this could have happened. It’s because that is a primary function of the Democratic Party. They play good cop to the Republican Party bad cop. Come on in kid, we’re reformists here too. You’ll fit in [...] Peter Camejo‘s Avocado Declaration is relevant yet again. A primary function of the Democratic Party is to channel genuine dissent into the party where it is rendered harmless – as it simultaneously pretends not to be co-joined with the Republicans as a party of capital. This game plan has worked admirably for the Democratic Party [...] You can trust me. Really. Seminal at Firedoglake is squeaking about how some disillusioned liberals and progressives might abandon the Democratic Party and go elsewhere. How dare they. The people who voted for Nader in 2000 sent the country backwards and didn’t help reform the Democratic party. By contrast, Howard Dean and his followers [...] |  | ||||
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