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Portland Observer, August 3, 1983, Page 9
American Politics
(Continuad from Paga
Column
there » u no meaningful difference
between the two cAwaia^»^,
that an uniuccewful black challenge
in the general election would do
more to advance their interests in
the long run.
This is not to suggest that the
m ajority o f the black electorate is
ready to form either an all-black or
multiracial
liberal-left
political
party; the avenues for meaningful
reform within the existing two party
system have not yet been exhausted.
It is clear, however, that the actual
political behavior o f black workers
and the poor implies a far greater
sophistication than that exhibited by
the N A A C P leadership and by those
who cling to the idealistic notion
that loyalty to white Democratic
Party leaders transcends black elec
toral independence. When properly
mobilized, the black electorate will
turn out in massive numbers to sup
port any candidates who advance
their economic, social and political
interests, and w ill block those
Democrats and Republicans alike
who betray those interests. Oiven
the actual class status o f blacks as a
group, this means in practice that
blacks form a decisive bloc for a
uniquely American version o f social
democracy.
W hat we are now witnessing is a
fundamental, and indeed, long
overdue shift in the American politi
cal system. There have been others.
The 1896 election between W illiam
Jennings
Bryan
and
W illiam
M cKinley established the Republi
cans as the dominant political party
for the next thirty-five years, buried
Southern and Western Populism,
and created the basis for the Solid
Democratic South and Jim Crow.
The elections o f 1932 and 1936
created the New Deal coalition,
which in turn began the long and
difficult process o f restoring a black
voice in public policy. Despite initial
appearances, 1980 was no watershed
electoral year, but 1984 may well be.
Nevertheless, there were some inter
esting and perhaps ominous devel
opments in the Carter-Reagan race.
Over 90 percent o f all black voters
supported Carter, while only 33
percent o f all whites supported him.
F ifty six percent o f all whites voted
for Reagan, and in many Southern
states (except Georgia) whites voted
nearly two to one for the C alifornia
Republican. Beyond the election o f
1984, i f the current m obilization o f
black voter registration continues,
the weight o f the black electorate
will have a major position within the
future viability o f the Democratic
Party, and within the public policies
o f the national government. The
black voter w ill be the central com
ponent in transcending the lim ita
tions o f New Deal liberalism.
W e must actively campaign for
those progressives who advocate a
program which goes beyond the old
liberalism, both inside the Demo
cratic Party primaries (against
Democratic centrists and conserva
tives) and in general elections
(against Republicans)
we cannot
transform the system simply by
working on the inside alone, A ll
‘ ‘outside** challenges which raise
the issues o f racism, sexism, poverty
and powerlessness must occur simul
taneously with electoral work —
teach-ins, demonstrations, neigh
borhood organizing, civil disobedi
ence, and every form o f nonelectoral
protest. The vision which should
guide both aspects o f inside-outside
work is the goal o f Human equality
and greater democracy: guaranteed
health care, full employment, uni
versal education, decent public
housing, work-place democracy, a
non-sexist and anti-racist society,
and massive reductions in national
spending for the mechanisms o f
war, foreign intervention and U.S.
corporate dom ination o f the Third
W orld. O ur ability to overturn the
historical limitations o f our political
consciousness, and our optimism in
the capacity o f blacks, poor people,
women and labor to mobilize them
selves both within the electoral sys
tem and outside o f it, may deter
mine the future course o f American
politics and society.
KILLS
FLEASJICKS!
NAACP moves
to King Center
The Portland Branch o f the N a
tional Association for the Advance
ment o f Colored People (N A A C P )
has moved from 2732 N . W illiams
Avenue where they have been for
about twenty years to the King
Neighborhood Facility at 4813 N .E .
Seventh. “ W e appointed a search
committee early this year consisting
o f H arry W ard, a former president;
M arian Scott, our Secretary; and
C .C . McCorvey, our Treasurer,”
Hazel G .
Hays,
President of
the Branch stated. " T h e Branch has
considered moving for some time,
even before I became President.
When the King
Neighborhood
Facility, which is managed by James
Loving, let us know that they would
remodel this spring to make space
for more community organizations,
our Committee recommended that
we take the opportunity to move
there.”
The Portland N A A C P Federal
Credit Union is remaining at 2732
N . W illiams Avenue. The new m ail
ing address o f the Portland N A A C P
u P .O . Box 11367. Portland O R
97211. The telephone is the same:
284-7722. The Portland N A A C P
Federal Credit Union also has re
tained its number — 281-7744.
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