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1051 Summary of Nader analysis -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: > I myself wound up voting for Gore-the-lesser-evil, but I must say I've had > an earful of criticism directed at Nader. I resent the increasingly > vituperative tone of the attacks on him and by the pack-like nature of his > critics, who are really ganging up on the guy. The attack is from liberal belt way professionals who, I suspect, fear the loss of government grant funds should W. get in. The attack began before it was even clear that Bush had won! Marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Nov 10 08:54:16 PST 2000

1052 election demographics -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: > >Brad, > > You're ovedoing it here. Clearly the Greens > >have been very poorly organized so far. But > >a low turnout does not mean they are dead. > > A celebrity candidate who gets a nearly free pass from the media, and > they only get 3%? Brad, Nader would have gotten more votes if those intending to vote for him had been "freed" to do so by the Democratic party liberals who have been guilt tripping every Dem who wanted t ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Nov 9 18:01:33 PST 2000

1053 Good evidence suggests Gore will win Florida -- rank: 1000

Andy Martin wrote: > There are over 15000 missing votes in Volusia county, many of which are > probably Gore votes. This is far more significant that Palm Beach county > and none of the major news networks have picked up on the significance of > this discrepancy. > snip Andy, Have you informed the Department of Justice or someone else with the power to investigate this? Marta Russell

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Nov 9 15:46:08 PST 2000

1054 election demographics -- rank: 1000

Jon Weiner reported on KPFK tonight that 15% of Dems voted for Bush. He did not say whether that was just in Florida or nationwide and I haven't seen it in print. If anyone has a source I'd appreciate if you would post it. marta snit wrote: > At 04:03 PM 11/8/00 -0500, you wrote: > >B. Deutsch, > > Guesses are cheap. The Nader people themselves > >have said that 70% of their Fla. voters would have gone > >for Gore otherwise. > > Look, I was a Nader ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Nov 8 18:11:39 PST 2000

1055 What ever happened to John Anderson? -- rank: 1000

Hi Dan, Fred Pelka is a disability rights activist who wrote a very middle of the road book on the disability rights movement. I would doubt if he is even a liberal. He is running scared of a Bush presidency and hence this piece on Anderson. He is not looking at the failures of the Clinton/Gore administration. Unfortunately, Pelka (and others for Gore) get posted on the Justice For All (JFA) list serve which goes out to many disability advocates all over the country. I have tried to get JFA ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 6 13:42:53 PST 2000

1056 W. & Hoover Hogs -- rank: 1000

>From the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette opinions page: You could eat Hoover hogs If you like "Hoover hogs," vote for George W. Bush. I'm sure that some of you never heard of Hoover hogs, so ask your grandparents what they are. In case they don't know, I will enlighten you. In 1928, the Republican candidate for president was Herbert Hoover. He encouraged everyone to invest their money in the stock market, just like Bush is telling you about your Social Security. After Wall Street got ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 6 10:08:58 PST 2000

1057 Justice for Homecare Workers -- rank: 1000

Jeff1199p at aol.com wrote: > Now *that's* an organizing campaign I'd > like to work on! > > Jeff If the governor keeps his word and the legislature doesn't screw it up, this will be a GREAT incentive for counties to go union. It should be a snap! Marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue May 30 18:57:56 PDT 2000

1058 Justice for Homecare Workers -- rank: 1000

Jeff1199p at aol.com wrote: > In fact, the homecare workers will be getting a dollar an hour raise for each > of the next five years. Davis ended up increasing his initial $100 million > budget for home care to half a billion dollars. > > Jeff > > Davis' words must get through unscathed by the legislature and made into law. Many things can happen in that process but hopefully what you say will come to pass. As I understand it, only those in home workers who live in public ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon May 29 18:22:45 PDT 2000

1059 counterpunch article -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: > Michael Yates wrote: > > > I don't know if it has been mentioned, but Marta Russell has a good > > article on Dr. Kevorkian in the most recent Counterpunch. Marta has > > really opened my eyes about this guy. Good work! > > Yes. I had more or less trusted Marta's mere assertion before, but > this article really clinches what she has to say about him. Is it on the > > Counterpunch web page so others can read it? It is very good. > &g ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat May 27 11:03:21 PDT 2000

1060 Justice for Janitors? -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: > > I look forward to seeing LaborNotes analysis of the strike and others who > will no doubt find fault with SEIU's tactics and strategy. But it's a > waste of bandwidth to post laborbashing by irrelevant sectarians like THE > PEOPLE. > Well I hope that Labor Notes puts the In home workers on their radar screen. No union publication or group that I am aware of, not even the SEIU which has organized In home workers, pushes their plight as much as it does t ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri May 26 10:28:17 PDT 2000

1061 CounterPunch plug on "Law and Order" -- rank: 1000

Nope but thought I'd take this opportunity to announce that the front page story of the current CounterPunch issue is mine: Killer Doc Gets Fifty Grand : Liberals Award Kevorkian It is Night of the Living Dead for sure. Marta J Cullen wrote: > Did anybody else notice that CounterPunch got a plug in NBC's "Law 'N > Order" Wednesday night? In the story, the cops were looking over the > mail received by the father of an American kid who had been killed in > Chile after Pinoche ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri May 26 10:14:16 PDT 2000

1062 Justice for Janitors? -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: > >>But are these increases really "victories"? > > Yes. They got something. I found it curious that the article did not include another SEIU workforce, the in home workers (In Home Supportive Services) - these are personal care workers who in most cases, get minimum wage (not even up to the janitor rate), have no health insurance and no time off. They seem to be ignored because they did not go on strike - but IHSS workers and disabled people have be ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri May 26 10:00:33 PDT 2000

1063 Justice for Janitors? -- rank: 1000

The People June 2000 (Vol. 110, No. 3) 'Justice For Janitors' Goals: Were They Set High Enough? By Ken Boettcher <thepeople at igc.org> As the last issue of THE PEOPLE went to press, the Service Employees International Union was working to expand its Los Angeles strike of 8,500 members of Local 1877 to SEIU locals in several other major U.S. cities. Now, weeks later, the SEIU's so-called Justice for Janitors 2000 Campaign is coming to a close as several of those strikes, including the one ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu May 25 21:54:14 PDT 2000

1064 Fwd: Why Not Capitalism -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > [via Michael Eisenscher; Marta, you should have told us!] > Well, I harp on disability so much and don't contribute much on other topics so frankly I didn't want to overload lboers on my specialty <grin>. comments from this group are always welcome. marta

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat May 20 17:39:49 PDT 2000

1065 Police abuse & autism -- rank: 1000

A friend from Tennessee reports that there is lots of energy around the pepper spray - very little around the prone restraint, with knee and weight in his back. He of course (no duh) aspirated and drowned. The antipathy to the idea that a man with autism might actually go out shopping has prevented much interest in the fact that most police departments have banned or discouraged that kind of restraint because it kills people - even people without developmental disabilities. Marta >Subject: ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue May 16 09:22:42 PDT 2000