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by Mark J. | Aug 30, 2024

The upcoming US presidential election is once again provoking arguments from liberals about the “lesser evil” amid widespread concern about the reactionary right. Revolutionary socialists never support capitalist parties or their candidates — our class enemies — and we reject lesser-evilism as a justification for doing so, even when the “lesser” evil isn’t complicit in genocide. Here, we outline the history of this fundamental Marxist principle.

See the full story at Firebrand.red:

https://firebrand.red/2024/08/why-socialists-dont-vote-for-our-enemies/

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A Marxist View of Current Events
A Marxist View of Current Events

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Steve Leigh is a member of Seattle Revolutionary Socialists and Firebrand, national organization of Marxists, 50 year socialist organizer. See Firebrand.red