Break up the party w/ Phil Burton-Cartledge
Added 2022-01-12 14:53:02 +0000 UTCPhil Burton-Cartledge returns to PTO to discuss the idea of Jeremy Corbyn founding a new political party to the left of labour, and in the second part of the interview we discussed the latest revelations about lockdown breaking parties in Downing Street - and whether Boris Johnson is running out of road.
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Hi David, thanks for this and sorry for the slow reply. I do know Eric's work - it's a good shout. I read the exchange with Moody, but not some of the other stuff - I'll take a look. Hope all's well with you.
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2022-01-14 19:08:30 +0000 UTCfinally, Blanc recently published an important book on the Russian Revolution and “revolutionary social democracy” that’s caused a stir among Marxists in and around DSA.
David
2022-01-12 23:46:40 +0000 UTCand here’s a good interview where Blanc defends his strategy against critiques from Kim Moody: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/jacobin-radio/the-vast-majority-dirty-c-18UWoF_2x/
David
2022-01-12 23:45:44 +0000 UTCand on the Labour Party: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/02/labour-party-uk-lessons-socialists
David
2022-01-12 23:43:20 +0000 UTChere’s Blanc on the Minnesota FLP: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/12/democratic-party-minnesota-farmer-labor-floyd-olson
David
2022-01-12 23:42:53 +0000 UTCI didn’t find this interview particularly insightful on the party question. this is one area, I think, where the American socialist left is having a more sophisticated debate. Alex, are you familiar with the work of Eric Blanc on the strategy of the “dirty break” from the Democratic Party? Blanc argues from the historical experience of the early Labour Party, as well as some American examples like the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, that successful left party breakaways in first-past-the-post electoral systems generally begin as organized insurgencies within a major party, and are then forced out when they reach a certain threshold of threat to the party’s donors. Blanc’s arguments have been an important topic of debate within DSA since the first Bernie wave, I think listeners on the UK left could really benefit from learning about them.
David
2022-01-12 23:41:50 +0000 UTC
