Election 2002: Say No! to Bush & Co.

While much will be said about the 2002 elections in the days and weeks ahead, one immediate conclusion that we should draw is that the outcome is no clear-cut mandate for the Bush administration’s right-wing agenda. There was no sea change in the political landscape of the Congress – a tilt to the right to be sure, but no right-wing electoral landslide.

NEW OPPORTUNITES TO DEFEAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND REACTION
Click to hear the streaming audio of the Opening Report by CPUSA National Chair, Sam Webb.


We do hope that this conference will initiate a process that will empower our clubs to meet present day challenges and, at the same time, to grow. Our future, it is fair to say, depends on how well we do this.

This report will focus on our three-part strategy in this year's election: to defeat the Republican ultra-right; to build political independence; and to make a turn in the Party so that building the clubs is at the center of our work.

Web Sites of Some National Organizations Working Locally to Defeat the Right-Wing
in 2002

The results of the 2002 elections are not in the bag for the Bush Republicans. It would be a fatal mistake to come to that conclusion at this critical moment, six weeks before Election Day. The Bush Republicans are engaging in tactics of desperation. This election is too close to call as of today.

These are not ordinary times. And Nov. 5 – Election Day – is no ordinary day.
This election more than any in recent memory offers voters an unparalleled opportunity to strike a blow against the extreme right and for peace, progress and sanity.