Joanna
B. wrote:
>Joanna wrote:
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>"If elections were held during world war II....and
>every other war that the U.S. was involved in, I see
>no reason not to hold elections in case of a
>'terrorist' attack."
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>If November elections are suspended, what are we, the
>American left, prepared to do about it? On NPR the
>other night, the "delay" of US elections was being
>spoken of in a broadcast of BBC World News. The BBC
>were interviewing a few congressmen about the
>possibility -- all they spoke to seem opposed to the
>idea.
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>I don't expect anyone would discuss serious plans on
>this list. But if America becomes a formally despotic
>state before the end of the year, I hope the response
>would be more than it becoming just another thread on
>LBO-Talk. In other words, I would hope for a seriously
>renewed interest in _direct_action_ in all the
>communities in which posters reside.
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>Hopefully it's an outlandish possibility, but it's
>something to think about. I get the impression we're
>-- the American left, that is -- not organized to meet
>a challenge like that.
>
>B
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