Black disenfranchisement: how will the left respond ?

Christopher B. Hajib-Niles cniles at wanadoo.fr
Mon Dec 11 23:55:09 PST 2000



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> The Greens should take this up, since the Democrats at large haven't.

a couple of days ago, in response, i think, to grumbling in progressive circles about ralph's inattention to racial matters, nader made some fairly tame comments about this situation. he said absolutely nothing at all about marshalling the green's resources to do anything about it. does anybody have any evidence to the contrary?

Gore,
> desperate enough to endorse (backhandedly) those longshot potential PR
> nightmares, the lawsuits in Martin and Seminole counties, hasn't said a damn
> thing about black disenfranchisement. If he won't in extremis, when will
> he?

he will if he wins. but at that point, such comments will do nothing but solidify the allegience of many blacks to the dems.

Doesn't this provide yet another reason for an independent left power
> base?

well, yes, except "the left" is such a fuzzy concept that it will never happen as long as "the left" is "the left". time for something new.

chris niles


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