25 May 2016
By Evan Halper
Los Angeles Times
"Not every leftist is enamored with Bernie Sanders. Some see him as a sellout.
“He
has had a long history of support for war,” said Soltysik, who is
running for president under the banner of the Socialist Party USA. “And
he has also had a healthy support for Israel, which we tend to see as an
apartheid state. Some things he has done and advocated for are
completely incompatible with a responsible socialist program.”
Sanders may have burst into the country's consciousness over the last
year as the unlikely socialist presidential candidate, but some on the
far left still find he has too much in common with Clinton,
the establishment favorite. Yet even the absolutists like Soltysik, who
envisions a collectivist state in which there is no private ownership,
no military and no centralized police force, are scurrying to seize the
momentum Sanders has built around the idea of a political revolution
before he closes ranks with Democrats.
“This is such a critical moment for the U.S. left,” Soltysik said as he
leaned forward in a threadbare, leopard-print chair that sat in the
middle of an apartment cluttered with alt-rock memorabilia and cat toys.
“I don't mean the Democratic Party left. I mean the left. He has opened
the door for the country to hear from radical-slash-revolutionary
perspectives....”"
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