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1906 [lbo-talk] Tariq Ali (stems from RE: Nader and His Detractors) -- rank: 472

John Bizwas wrote: >So we are back to the same old questions: Why is the 'left' >responsible for defeating Bush? It's not. But it shouldn't be an obstacle either. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 13 19:45:03 PDT 2004

1907 Our Man Ralph Nader And Voting With Your Heart -- rank: 472

It's stuff like this that makes my hero George Washington Plunkitt look like a paragon of virtue, http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/07/15/front_page/FUND15.htm Btw, GWP is credited by some sources as taking his opportunities in building parks rather than in destroying them. TL ...

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Author:	Tom Lehman
Date:	Sat Jul 15 09:28:52 PDT 2000

1908 [lbo-talk] re: Chomsky, Nader, and the Green Party -- rank: 472

Jon Johanning wrote: > You might think there aren't by reading the posts on this list, but in > fact there are a lot of other issues in play. The state of the economy > is definitely one (according to quite a few polls, it concerns the > majority of the electorate more than ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Tue Mar 23 07:14:30 PST 2004

1909 Capitalism = Fetters on "Growth"? (was Re: Beyond the Summary of Nader analysis) -- rank: 472

From James Heartfield to John Gulick: ><jlgulick at sfo.com> writes >>How about a program of zero economic growth ? > >With a considerable part of the world mired in poverty, zero economic >growth seems like a convenient way for the affluent West to secure its >own economic advantage for all time. That ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Nov 17 01:35:49 PST 2000

1910 [lbo-talk] re: Chomsky, Nader, and the Green Party -- rank: 472

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >Compare the US policies towards Iraq and Pakistan. Iraq was subjected to UN >weapons inspection and economic sanctions for years and then invaded for >concealing WMDs. > >On the other hand, Pakistan was allowed to acquire nukes in the 80s (when it >was a frontline state against ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 23 07:08:50 PST 2004

1911 [lbo-talk] Re: perot vs nader (or, naderphobia continued?) -- rank: 472

SergioL652 at aol.com wrote: >Beyond The Nation, I saw plenty of progressive commentators that >talked about all the issues that Kucinich backed (universal health >care, US out of Iraq, living wage, etc.) that completely dismissed >Kucinich and backed Dean instead. Dean became the candidate of the >left while Kucinich ended ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 30 19:26:17 PDT 2004

1912 Our Man Ralph Nader And Voting With Your Heart -- rank: 472

-Excuse me for my ignorance in those USA matters. What -is DSA´s position in presidential elections. Does them -support the Dems as the lesser evil? Alexandre yes. mbs

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Sat Jul 15 11:49:31 PDT 2000

1913 Nader Wins the Debate -- rank: 472

Marco Anglesio wrote: >That's true, but you would expect the same sample bias in each tracking >poll, unless they modified the criteria for likely voters over the course >of the tracking poll. I suspect that it's merely sample error, accounted >for in the confidence interval. One should expect the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 5 11:17:30 PDT 2000

1914 [lbo-talk] re: Chomsky, Nader, and the Green Party -- rank: 472

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Proliferation gets some attention in New Yorker or The Nation - but > since Pakistanis are the main culprit, that does not sail very well > among those lefties who profess US exceptionalism as the ultimate evil > and cause of all world suffering. Compare the US policies towards Iraq and Pakistan ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Tue Mar 23 06:54:08 PST 2004

1915 Our Man Ralph Nader And Voting With Your Heart -- rank: 472

. . . You move the center to the left by winning the battle of ideas--not > by electing Republican majorities and a Republican president... > Brad DeLong Fine, but how do you do that when your standard-bearer has all the wrong ideas? -- debt elimination, welfare reform, and "free" trade? Even if you ...

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Sat Jul 15 11:10:11 PDT 2000

1916 Our Man Ralph Nader And Voting With Your Heart -- rank: 472

Brad, the operative word in your post is "you." Is it a battle of ideas or of $, where the Dems have become just another money collecting machine? Brad De Long wrote: > You move the center to the left by winning the battle of ideas--not > by electing Republican majorities and a ...

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Author:	Michael Perelman
Date:	Sat Jul 15 07:37:38 PDT 2000

1917 [lbo-talk] Tariq Ali endorses Kerry, denounces Nader -- rank: 472

Carrol Cox wrote: >_All_ sections >of "the left" are concerned with gaining power ...and some have phantasmic notions of how to achieve it. Actually not all section of the left are concerned with gaining power - e.g. anarchists and autonomists. John Holloway has a book called Change the World Without Taking ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 30 11:43:26 PDT 2004

1918 [lbo-talk] Re: nader on the recall -- rank: 472

"Therefore we ought to elect an actor so that we can have an incompetent governor?" oh...like we have a competent governor now? fs

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Author:	frank scott
Date:	Tue Aug 12 16:24:58 PDT 2003

1919 [lbo-talk] Re: perot vs nader (or, naderphobia continued?) -- rank: 472

In a message dated 4/30/2004 6:44:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, dhenwood at panix.com writes: Howzzat? Would a series of editorials in The Nation added a few percentage points to his vote? That sounds like John Halle's delusional claims. Doug Beyond The Nation, I saw plenty ...

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Author:	SergioL652 at aol.com
Date:	Fri Apr 30 18:56:11 PDT 2004

1920 Populism v Marxist principles of unity (Re: nader and pollit -- rank: 472

Nathan Newman wrote: >So it is better to struggle >for the better within the compromises of existing mass organizations than to >promote the ideal in some separate formation. Does the Dem party qualify as an existing mass organization? NOW? NAACP? What's the test of whether an organization is mass or ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 5 08:51:43 PDT 2000