<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yoshie:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>"Let's say we struggle for independent political action on the <BR>electoral and movement fronts, considering the latter front as the <BR>primary one, for the next four years.  At the end of the four years, <BR>we may still not have the party we need, but in the process we will <BR>have networked with an increasing number of US activists with whom we <BR>will have worked toward common goals of political, economic, and <BR>social democracy."</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a sensible and straightforward statement.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Mast</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>