Friday, November 20, 2015

Socialist Party USA Candidate Says People Have the Power

20 November 2015

Victoria Advocate (TX)

Editor, the Advocate:

As the election season heats up, I had the chance to correspond with Socialist Party USA's candidate for president, former party co-chair Mimi Soltysik, and ask him a few questions.

First, why are you running?

He answered, "Presidential elections bring greater media opportunities for third parties, and for a revolutionary organization like ours, it's important to take advantage of those opportunities. Right now, it's a good time to be out there talking about what democratic socialism means. I see little value in electoral politics at this level, and I often find the messaging that comes from traditional campaigns to be alienating. Revolutionary change happens at the community level, and we will be using the campaign as a vehicle to contribute in any way possible to that push from the local level."

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