Comments on: Freedom Socialist Party Helps Petition for Socialist Party

By: Phil Sawyer

Phil Sawyer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:55:34 +0000

Luke Saturnah Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Please answer a question for me: How can a party be for both freedom and Socialism?
Thank you.

Phil Sawyer answers:

Your question is typical of bourgeois thinking about freedom. Let us turn the question around: How can a party be for both freedom and capitalism?

For me, one of the best definitions of socialism is this: a system of government where the proletariat (working class, peasant class, etc.) has control and ownership of the means of production and the distribution of goods.

By: David Gaines

David Gaines — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:25:57 +0000

Walt Brown also did a fine job of getting official write-in status in numerous states which helped up his national popular vote total a fair amount. I was amazed to discover in my then-home state of Virginia, after the election was over, that he not only was an official write-in there (which meant that somehow he found someone in each congressional district plus two more at-large to serve as electors for the form you have to fill out), where the Socialist Party isn’t even organized, but he outpolled David Cobb of the Green Party.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:07:07 +0000

Thanks: it’ll be interesting to see if Moore can surpass Walt Brown’s totals from ‘04.

By: Luke Saturnah

Luke Saturnah — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:16:25 +0000

Please answer a question for me: How can a party be for both freedom and Socialism?
Thank you.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:31:27 +0000

Tough to predict. He has hopes for Arkansas, California, Colorado (already on), Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont (already on), Washington, Wisconsin. Maybe I missed one or two.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:16:16 +0000

Hey Richard, how many state ballots does it look like Moore will be getting on this year?