OK, now I'm confused. I'm not following this election closely and am limited to internet anyway, but isn't the strategy that Yoshie is describing exactly what the 'official' greens are saying and which Yoshie rejects? I thought I was beginning to understand until now. I think this is not what you wanted to say, Yoshie.
At 11:25 22/10/2004, you wrote:
Doug wrote:
you've got to figure out how to organize in a world with a Senate,
an electoral college, and a Supreme Court.
As long as the electoral college exists, most people on PEN-l --
Carrol in Illinois, Jim, Michael Perelman, etc. in California, Carl,
you, Lou, etc. in New York, etc. -- might as well prioritize social
movements over most elections and vote for candidates to the left of
the Democratic Party candidates.
--
Yoshie
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* Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio>
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