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The Socialist Equality Party will hold a public meeting on
October 5 in Los Angeles to present an analysis and discuss the
political implications of the gubernatorial recall election in
California. The meeting will be the culminating event in the
campaign of John Christopher Burton, who is running as a replacement
candidate for governor, while opposing the recall of the sitting
governor, Gray Davis.
Burton, a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles, is a supporter
of the Socialist Equality Party, which has endorsed his campaign.
He will appear as an “independent” candidate on the
October 7 recall ballot, because, under the state’s restrictive
election laws, the SEP does not have ballot status as a party.
The October 5 meeting will be headlined “The Crisis in
California: A Socialist Policy for Working People.” In addition
to Burton, speakers will include Barry Grey, a leading member
of the SEP and a member of the International Editorial Board
of the World Socialist Web Site.
Those wishing to attend the October 5 election meeting are
asked to register in advance. To register online, please complete
the SEP Online Registration
Form.
The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the Concourse Room of
the Marriott Hotel, 333 South Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles,
with registration beginning from 12:00pm.
Burton and the Socialist Equality Party are calling for a
“no” vote on the recall of Davis, because the drive
to remove the Democratic governor from office is an effort to
bypass democratic procedures and overturn last November’s
election, organized and financed by right-wing elements in the
Republican Party and their corporate backers.
At the same time, Burton is giving no political support to
Davis or to any of the candidates associated with the Democratic
Party who are running in the replacement election. The SEP candidate
is running to provide a socialist alternative, should the recall
succeed, to the parties and candidates of big business, as well
as their liberal third-party and independent critics, such as
Green Party candidate Peter Camejo and columnist Arianna Huffington.
Unlike the co-called “major candidates” in the replacement
election, Burton has placed opposition to the invasion and occupation
of Iraq at the center of his campaign. He is opposing any allocation
of funds for the occupation of Iraq and calling for the immediate
and unconditional withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, Iraq
and the entire Middle East.
The Socialist Equality Party has issued a comprehensive election
statement, “Vote
‘no’ on the California recall. Vote John Christopher
Burton for governor, for a socialist solution to the crisis”,
that analyzes the political significance of the recall drive
and the crisis in California, tracing their historical roots
and their broader national and international implications. The
statement outlines a socialist policy to resolve the crisis in
the interests of the working people.
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