[Election 2004: International Communist VOTE SOCIALIST Appeal to the Radical Socialist Community existing behind the USA Patriot Curtain. It was posted on left newsgroups on Yahoo! and on Indymedia San Francisco. It rejected voting for Kerry on anti-capitalist and anti-war grounds.]
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GO DOWN FIGHTING !
Radical Socialists DO NOT capitulate to opportunist pressures. Radical Socialists do not vote for liberal capitalist politicians and parties that openly boast their rejection of socialist values. Radical Socialists vote for Radical Socialists. For Radical Socialists capitalist elections are simply an opportunity to propagandise against the capitalist political-economy and agitate for revolutionary social and economic transformation.
THE GOAL of Radical Socialists is to extend democracy beyond the political into the social and economic sphere. Radical Socialists know perfectly well that even if they where to ''win'' the popular vote thay would not be allowed to take office in a capitalist state. Radical Socialists know that a vote for liberal capitalists -like John Kerry- will do NOTHING to bring about Radical Socialism - a victory for the neo-liberals only means that the capitalist system of plunder, imperialism, racism and exploitation gets a ''democrat''make over. Lipstick on a pigs face.
THERE IS NO SOCIALIST CASE FOR KERRY.
Kerry is a political free-loader and an opportunist. His own supporters admit that he is a liar. Kerry defends the occupation of Iraq. He voted for the war. Kerry defends the blocade against Cuba. Kerry defends the anti- Palestinian policies of the Israeli State.
Beyond that; Kerry opposes gay marriage, he opposes increasing the minimum wage to a living wage. Kerry and his supporters believe that they are ''entitled'' to take working class people, ethnic minorities, and the left for granted. They believe that your vote ''belongs'' to them. They believe that YOU belong to them. Your vote does not and YOU DO NOT. Your vote belongs to your values. It belongs to the best interests of the working class and all who suffer oppression under global capitalism and imperialism.
A vote for Kerry is NOT in the best interest of the U.S working class. A Kerry victory would make the United States even more dangerous than it is now. A Kerry victory will make it palatable for the plutocracies of Western Europe to ''join in'' in the plunder of Iraq and central Asia.
Send the ''democrats'' a message that you are not fooled.
VOTE SOCIALIST.
VOTE NADER.
A socialist program for jobs, education, health care ...
A socialist program for jobs, education, health care ...
Stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan! Withdraw all US troops now! ...
- i.c.
