Re: Will the Mamdani effect make 2028 the year of the leftwing president?
"Mark Baugher" <[email protected]>
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> On Jun 28, 2026, at 18:58, Dennis Brasky via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > > This move left can eventually break apart the Democrats and lead to a new party that would be truly left/anti-corporate, much as the growing opposition to slavery broke apart the Whigs in the 1850s, paving the way for a new party that would uncompromisingly oppose the slave power - the Republicans. The big difference between the 1850's Whigs and today's Democrats is that the Whigs had a material basis for their party in northern capital. What would be the material basis for a new party of splitters? Historically, the labor unions fulfilled this role, but these are too weak in the US. If the break consists of individuals favoring different policy proposals, how do you avoid recreating the Democratic Party? Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42229): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42229 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120024920/6024700 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/10173629/6024700/1441833971/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-