Dude, Where's My Party?

Seth Ackerman SAckerman at FAIR.org
Thu Jan 4 11:25:28 PST 2001



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> From: Patrick Bond[SMTP:pbond at wn.apc.org]
> Reply To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:35 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Dude, Where's My Party?
>
> > From: Dennis Robert Redmond <dredmond at efn.org>
> > The Greens are not "in power". They got 7% of the vote and a minority
> > position with the much larger SPD, which means they can push a few
> issues
> > against the neolibs.
>
> Is that right? When I was in Frankfurt a month ago, I got the
> distinct impression that the Greens had moved into neolib land on
> macroeconomics.
>
>
Oh yes. In the current battle over German pensions, the Greens are extremely enthusiastic about "reform," actively lobbying their coalition partners the Social Dems to get on board.

Seth



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