"I also know not a single labor or African-American organizer who supports Nader, and yes, the sentiment of pure hatred for him these days runs deep among such people."
well it is not a matter of who you know personally. Go out and do a survey. I live in West Oakland, a 90% black working class area of Oakland and I am actively campaigning for Nader and I receive lots of positive feedback in the community. I also work on a range of issues with dozens of black trade unionists including many in the Longshoreman's union and support for Nader candidacy, among eben those who will vote Democrat is very high. I have never come across anti-Naderism among any radical black activists I know - including myself.
>From: "John Lacny" <jlacny at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] March 20, 2004, Columbus,OH: A Day That Will Live
>In Infamy
>Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:11:20 -0500
>
>Doug Henwood:
>
> > We didn't see a single Nader button or sign at today's
> > antiwar demo in NYC.
>
>I was also in NYC. I saw one Nader person, carrying a hand-made sign on a
>crumpled cardboard box. It was barely readable and not at all
>understandable, and the person carrying it looked to be in the same company
>as the person ranting about how only God could bring us peace, though it
>was
>difficult to tell. The Kucinich, Kerry, and Dean logos were everywhere,
>more
>common even than the Venezuelan and Haitian flags, which were a welcome
>sight.
>
>Also, Mike Larkin is right: Yoshie has to be living on another planet. I
>also know not a single labor or African-American organizer who supports
>Nader, and yes, the sentiment of pure hatred for him these days runs deep
>among such people. It is only among academics that I have encountered the
>temptation to support Nader this year, and even then never in person, only
>online. This observation is anecdotal of course, but would be confirmed by
>all sane people around the country.
>
>
>- - - - -
>John Lacny
>
>People of the US, unite and defeat the Bush regime and all its running
>dogs!
>
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