local state power vs. a global strategy

Recognizing that socialism in one country is impossible does not require
the further assumption that gaining say within states is necessarily
meaningless. I see no reason not to pursue both a global and a
capture-state-power strategy. In an interstate system coming to elected
office in a single state is not sufficient for  constructing socialism,
but this is not a reason to pursue only a global strategy. A democratic
socialist world party should do both.

As i have said before i think it will be a new wave of semiperipheral
movements that come to power in semiperipheral states that provide the
main basis of support for the world party.  The party  should thus
pursue a global strategy that includes transnational cooperative
institutions as well as efforts to come into office by means of
electoral campaigns. If  the U.S. economy "goes south" (as Donald Trump
says),  a progressive electoral coalition might eventually make
political gains even  here.

Chris Chase-Dunn