<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/5/2002 1:36:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, nathanne@nathannewman.org writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">As for Carey, he was the elected leader of the Teamsters, not an outside<BR>
government, so failures of his internal strategy is quite a different issue.<BR>
That you don't see the difference between internal democratic struggle and<BR>
coercive use of state power is symbolic of the problems of the Left that has<BR>
too much identification with authoritarian state action.<BR>
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-- Nathan Newman<BR>
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I guess the appropriape liberal response is to say "Out with Chávez!!!"</FONT></HTML>