RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-18 Thread Max Sawicky
This misses the point. Transcendental meditators and witches run campaigns to recruit members. Personally, I'm a devotee of Adorno's Theses Against Occultism. I hope that we're in the majority on this one, but I remember when the Yippies tried to levitate the Pentagon. (Max, was that in your

Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Louis Proyect
While we have been hearing a lot about the Nader campaign (and to the extent that it puts progressive politics in the foreground of public discussion, all to the good), how has David McReynolds been getting on? Michael K. For news on the McReynolds campaign, go to: http://www.votesocialist.org/

Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Doug Henwood
Keaney Michael wrote: While we have been hearing a lot about the Nader campaign (and to the extent that it puts progressive politics in the foreground of public discussion, all to the good), how has David McReynolds been getting on? David McR is a splendid guy with excellent politics,

Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Doug Henwood
Wow, McReynolds getting 100,000 was really setting the bar high. Here are the unofficial popular vote tabulations from 1996. Hollis, the Socialist candidate, got 3,376 votes; the Workers World and SWP candidates together got 40,631. I hear the Canadian branch of the Natural Law Party does a

Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Louis Proyect
At 11:57 AM 10/16/00 -0400, you wrote: Wow, McReynolds getting 100,000 was really setting the bar high. Here are the unofficial popular vote tabulations from 1996. Hollis, the Socialist candidate, got 3,376 votes; the Workers World and SWP candidates together got 40,631. I hear the Canadian

Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Jim Devine
At 11:57 AM 10/16/00 -0400, you wrote: I hear the Canadian branch of the Natural Law Party does a wicked Yogic flying demonstration as part of their campaign act. Recently, US National Public Radio has had several stories that involved transcendental meditation (which allegedly allows Yogic

Re: Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: Frankly, I think the Left would do better if we could mobilize super- and supra-natural forces. Wicca anyone? This misses the point. Transcendental meditators and witches run campaigns to recruit members. Personally, I'm a devotee of Adorno's Theses Against Occultism. Doug

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Ralph Nader super-rally in Madison Square Garden

2000-10-16 Thread Jim Devine
Frankly, I think the Left would do better if we could mobilize super- and supra-natural forces. Wicca anyone? This misses the point. Transcendental meditators and witches run campaigns to recruit members. Personally, I'm a devotee of Adorno's Theses Against Occultism. I hope that we're in