WITH THE ELECTORAL RACES NEAR THE FINISH LINE, THE ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS TAKEN A CENTER STAGE IN THE POLITICAL DEBATE. WHILE TELEVISON ADS FROM DEMOCRATS LAY THE BLAME FOR THE FINANCIAL DEBACLE AT THE FEET OF THE REPUBLICANS, SENATOR MCCAIN’S SPEECHES ARE RAISING THE ANTE BY CLAIMING THAT SENATOR OBAMA IS INFLUENCED BY THE FAR LEFT AND THAT HIS POLICIES WILL RESULT IN INCOME REDISTRIBUTION AND EVEN SOCIALISM.
MENTIONS OF MARX’S ECONOMIC THEORIES AND SOCIALISM MAY BE DESIGNED TO SCARE THE ELECTORATE TO VOTE REPUBLICAN BUT WHO, TODAY, IS SERIOUSLY ADVOCATING A SOCIALIST FORM OF GOVERNMENT?
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, AT SEIU LOCAL 1199 IN MANHATTAN, THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA ORGANIZED A PANEL DISCUSSION ENTITLED: “CRISIS IS CAPITALISM: MONEY, POWER AND THE ECONOMY”. WBAI ATTENDED THE EVENT AND FILED THIS REPORT:
