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[Marta Russell]

>Marta:
>>  That is my experience too Wojtek.  Here they are mostly after free
>>  market success. There are Armenians, Russians and Iranians in my
>>  building.  They are not close to what you would call liberal.  There
>>  probably exists some figures on how many vote Republican.  I would
>>  bet it is high.
>
>
>The same also works for Latinos - as far as I can remember.  I used to
>teach at a community college in CA and heard some horror stories from
>Latina women how their families and friends discouraged their education.
>They tend to be staunchly Catholic and anti-abortion and anti-gay.  If
>memory serves, Labor Party refused to take a position on abortion to
>avoid pissing off catholic sentiments of Latino supporters.
>
>Poles are in the same category.
>
>Wojtek

Justice for Janitors and other SEIU organizing has taken one segment 
of the Latino community however and made it more progressive and more 
visible.  Can't say in numbers what the proportions are.
marta
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