Let me make this clear - in response to Howie Hawkins defense of Ralp Nader whom in 2000 I supported his GP Campaign for president and I left the Green Party in 2004 when the same Green Party leaders undemocratically refused to run Ralph Nader again for a "safe states strategy"
Ralph Nader who just turned 90 years old - is LONG TIME PAST - that he comes out of the closet. I normally do not Out people who are not doing things actively against the Gay Community - but it is time that Ralph Comes Out. He has nothing to lose and can be of help to join a Community under attack and that he can be proud of. Back in 1965, General Motors Corporation began a effort to promote a smear campaign about Nader's sexuality in his being a Gay man. His family AND religion kept him quiet and at much distance from anything seeming "queer". Ralph can now safely COME OUT and be part of his Community. ________________________________ From: Howie Hawkins <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 8:39 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [marxmail] What Is Left? In Nader’s first presidential campaign in 1996, he infamously said “I don’t do gonadal politics” in response to a question about the Green Party’s support for gay marriage. Nader wanted to center his messaging on corporate power and economic class issues. But the backlash to that statement made him quickly realize he could not dismiss social issues and he began taking progressive stands on them, including supporting gay marriage and abortion rights. Solnit’s slight of Nader is may be an oblique reference to this 1996 gaffe. And, since she references 2000 and reproductive rights, Solnit could be also recalling a concerted campaign against by leaders of NOW against Nader late in that year’s campaign. It was disingenuous because Nader that had been clear in supporting abortion rights and had endorsed NOW’s platform months before. Democrats who continue to this day bashing Nader in diatribes against all Green “spoiler” candidates would get these references. — Howie Hawkins Rebecca Solnit: I’d argue that because of its intersectional understanding of both problems and solutions, this left is more radical—radically inclusive, radically egalitarian—than those who treat race and gender as irrelevancies or distractions (including the men, from Ralph Nader in 2000 on, who’ve been dismissive of reproductive rights as an essential economic justice as well as rights issue). Perhaps it’s seen as less radical because bellicosity is often viewed as the measure of one’s radicalness. Mark Baugher: I'm clueless about this. In 2000, Nader's running mate was Winona La Duke, an indigenous woman who strongly supports reproduction rights. In 2004, it was Peter Camejo, a man who strongly supported reproductive rights from a socialist perspective. What am I missing? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29288): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29288 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104750353/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
