Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread John Gulick
From Richard Goldstein's Left-Handed Compliments in the Village Voice: The coalescing of free marketeers and fundamentalists into a potent right-wing political force has driven the left to reconsider its usual strategy of divide and be conquered Gulick sez: Regardless of whether one endorses the

Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
George Bush wants government control at home and markets free for American corporations overseas. Do you expect him to say anything different ? Jurriaan

Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
that it doesn't exist at all. Joel Blau Original Message: - From: John Gulick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:53:24 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat From Richard Goldstein's Left-Handed Compliments in the Village Voice: The coalescing

Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread Doug Henwood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, not really. The mix of state subsidies is somewhat different with the Democrats--more social welfare-y, even if the social welfare itself is increasingly designed on a market model. People can debate whether this difference qualifies as significant, but it is

Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread John Gulick
Joel Blau wrote: Well, not really. The mix of state subsidies is somewhat different with the Democrats--more social welfare-y, even if the social welfare itself is increasingly designed on a market model. People can debate whether this difference qualifies as significant, but it is misleading to

Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread Joel Blau
Fine. I would agree with this longer, and more precise, formulation. Joel Blau John Gulick wrote: Joel Blau wrote: Well, not really. The mix of state subsidies is somewhat different with the Democrats--more social welfare-y, even if the social welfare itself is increasingly designed on a

Re: Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-25 Thread Sabri Oncu
Doug: Or is radical social change impossible without capturing the state? I am unable to imagine any other alternative, at least, for now and in the foreseeable future. Sabri

Heavy pressure to back a Democrat

2003-09-24 Thread Louis Proyect
To: Peace social justice activists Bush Can Be Stopped: A Letter to the Left For the sake of peace, democracy, social justice and racial equality, George W. Bush must be defeated in 2004. We believe that he can be defeated and that the left, facing this unprecedented challenge, has a