<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>RE: Activism</title></head><body> <div>Jon Johanning wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <div>"The thing that makes voting for Kerry such a dreary (though necessary)<br> task to contemplate is that there aren't any ideas in the DP that<br> wouldn't make an excellent sleeping pill. What radical third parties</div> <div>need to do is come up with something to keep us from nodding off."</div> <div><br></div> <div>A week earlier you posted:</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">"I'm just waiting for<b> someone else</b> with the requisite skills to</font></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">get a party organized to the point that it could have a real impact on<br> the political situation, and then I would be happy to consider voting</font></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">for its candidate."</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>In short, you want to dictate what the radical third party does but you're not going to play any role in helping to build it.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I don't mean to single your posting outs, Jon, most of which I find articulate and perceptive.    I'm doing so here because the attitudes you express are characteristic of many of those on this list, including our distinguished host.  And they are also characteristic of the left outside of LBO.  This explains a lot, in my opinion, about why we are where we are now.</div> <div><br></div> <div>This the subject of my piece on the Progressive Review site I mentioned earlier, so I'll put in another plug for it:</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Charcoal" color="#000000">http://prorev.com/whyiran.htm</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>Best,</div> <div><br></div> <div>John</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> </body> </html>