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Politics > Politics-USA |
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01 Aug 2004 01:30:26 AM |
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Naomi Klein has crossed the political picket line by backing Kerry |
Naomi Klein has crossed the political picket line by backing Kerry
I read her article which was reproduced in the UK Guardian with
interest.
The question is at what point do we stop voting for the "lesser evil."
The answer of the union leaders and the "Demogreens" in America would
seem to be "never." It is never a good time to break away from the two
party system. In reality, as Naomi Klein seems to acknowledge, it is a
"one party system"...one party for the rich and powerful.
The Republicans will always field some unconscionable travesty and
therefore the Democrats will expect to profit from this....so the
"other team" batting for capitalism will be elected.
Nader/Comajo are anti-war and anti-corporation. Kerry is not. A
movement against the parties of the corporations can be built around
the Nader/Comajo campaign. Naomi's only argument for voting for Kerry
is to expose him: it is not good enough. This is not a fight for the
soul of the Democratic Party. Big business has bought and paid for the
soul of the Democratic Party.
Nader detailed some of the dirty tricks which the Democrats have used
against him in an interview with Amy Goodman
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/07/1354230
No saviours from on high are going to deliver us and Nader does not
believe that any more than I do. People who vote for Nader/Comajo are
rejecting the doctrine of the lesser evil for good and all. People in
the UK ought to understand this - is Blair less evil than Howard? It
is a time for "difficult decisions" ....In this country the time is
ripe to oppose both parties of war, both parties of the corporations -
and the same is true of America.
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