Forum Post: Further Notes on Strategy
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 17, 2011, 10:29 p.m. EST by GarciaLorca
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From Richard Seymour:
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2011/10/visiting-occupy-london.html
http://socialistworker.org/2011/10/06/show-of-solidarity-on-wall-street
http://lbo-news.com/2011/10/03/ideological-notes/
http://jacobinmag.com/summer-2011/how-can-the-left-win/
I agree. We have tremendous collective power and we need to channel it toward real change. I discovered this book below. I think it offers an excellent starting point.
Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig called for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution in a September 24-25, 2011 conference and his October 5 book, "Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress — and a Plan to Stop It". Reporter Dan Froomkin says the book offers a manifesto for the protestors, focusing on the core problem of corruption in both political parties and their elections. Lessig's initial constitutional amendment would allow legislatures to limit political contributions from non-citizens, including corporations, anonymous organizations, and foreign nationals, and he also supports public campaign financing and electoral college reform to establish the one person, one vote principle.
You have hit the problem on the head - we need real campaign finance reform first and foremost! Spread the word. Without it the rest will never happen.
"The next thing I wanted to know about was strategy. I suppose this comes up partly because of the way the early demands juxtapose concrete proposals for meliorative reforms with declarative statements on the need to move beyond the present system - with no mediating steps between the two. Given that the entrenched power of the top 1% is considerable, and that the friction they can muster to prevent the passage even of moderate reforms is not negligible, I just wanted to know what thoughts people were having about how to navigate toward that systemic alternative. Generally, the answer is that it's too early to say what the long-term strategy will be..."