Comments on: McKinney around the web

By: Info

Info — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:35:36 +0000

Greens and communists already form electoral coalitions in numerous European countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc). In addition, all mainline communist parties (including the European ones I just mentioned) have friendly relations with the Workers Party of Korea, so there is nothing unusual about that. The WWP endorsement is only “freaking out” certain people here in the US due to this country’s McCarthyist history. The US needs an electoral left bloc (like Die Linke in Germany), not a bunch of small, warring sects.

By: David Gaines

David Gaines — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:36:19 +0000

I am VERY concerned about the Workers World Party — a communist group that is even further out than the Socialist Workers Party from which it split in 1959, and which just congratulated & applauded North Korea (yes, North Korea) effusively on its 60th birthday – and its enthusiastic endorsement of CM. Has she enthusiastically accepted it? Does she understand what kind of group this is? Gloria LaRiva doesn’t even want to be part of WWP anymore – she went off and founded her own party and is that party’s candidate this year (Party for Socialism and Liberation).

I’m trying hard to stay enthusiastic about the McKinney/Clemente candidacy but their unprofessional campaign presence (endless & ridiculous spelling mistakes, clunky web pages, un-Green & unsustainable campaign material, etc.) has been frustrating. Plus, if she’s going to wrap her arms around communist groups that are certainly not going to be of any help in building the Green Party – groups that not even Norman Thomas wanted to have anything to do with – than I don’t blame people who go running off to Nader/Gonzalez.

Yes, the Communist Party USA endorsed Gore, Kerry, and Obama, and the KKK endorsed Reagan, but none of those candidates accepted those endorsements, enthusiastically or otherwise. I would like to see Cynthia McKinney clearly distance herself from the likes of the Workers World Party and I would hope all Green Party activists would feel the same way.

By: Illegal Immigration

Illegal Immigration — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:25:06 +0000

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By: Surveillance Bill

Surveillance Bill — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:13:59 +0000

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By: Surveillance Bill

Surveillance Bill — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:19:28 +0000

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By: Eric Prindle

Eric Prindle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:39:45 +0000

I wouldn’t characterize the Chronicle article as “slamming” McKinney. The article uses the Capitol incident to highlight the extent to which making accusations of racism has become off-limits in U.S. public discourse. That’s a valuable discussion to have.

Toward the end, the article raises some noncommittal questions about the value of the McKinney campaign, but that seems almost tacked on.