True mission : socialists and the Labor Party question in the U.S.

True mission : socialists and the Labor Party question in the U.S. / Eric Thomas Chester.

In the election campaign of 2000, Al Gore and Ralph Nader polled many millions more votes than George W. Bush. Yet the US Left lost out, a casualty of the two-party system. This is a pattern which has been repeated many times over the years. The most contentious issues dividing the Left in the Unite...

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Main Author: Chester, Eric Thomas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Sozialistische Arbeiter-Partei Amerikas.
Socialist parties > United States > History.
Elections > United States > History.
Third parties (United States politics) > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Elections
Politics and government
Socialist parties
Third parties (United States politics)
United States > Politics and government.
United States
USA
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Engels and the Henry George campaign of 1886
  • 'Historic' development or blind alley
  • The political party of the working class : the Socialist Party and the Labor Party question
  • The conference for progressive political action : Labor Party or pressure group
  • The octogenarian snail : the La Follette campaign of 1924
  • The Labor Party question in the 1930s : Trotsky, Thomas and La Guardia
  • Labor party or green party : the Nader campaign of 2000
  • Conclusions : the socialist alternative.

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