[lbo-talk] Just how bad has it gotten?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 28 12:03:43 PST 2007


On Feb 28, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Michael McIntyre wrote:


> Margaret Kimberley published ten questions in today's Black Agenda
> Report (www.blackagendareport.com) that I think should define a
> minimal progressive platform:
> 1. Will you end the occupation of Iraq?
> 2. Will Jose Padilla still be in prison? Will you close Guantanamo?
> 3. Will you enact a plan for universal health care?
> 4. Will your administration demand that Israel cease committing
> human rights abuses and waging war against its neighbors?
> 5. Will you keep abortion legal?
> 6. Will you reverse the Patriot Act and other attacks on civil
> liberties?
> 7. Will you rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast?
> 8. Will you decrease the prison population?
> 9. Will you expose the criminal acts of the Bush administration?
> 10. Will you protect voting rights?
> There's nothing radical here

Sorry to say this, but by the standards of 2007, this is pretty radical.

Doug



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