http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/ Democratic Left Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:50:56 GMT Luke Weiger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30392 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30392 I don't know that there's much need to fight the "good" fight here. Probably at most a few of our list members would favor reparations-focused responses to Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:25:09 GMT David A Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30391 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30391 from 'In These Times' http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3778/reading_the_onion_seriously/ Culture > June 26, 2008 > Web Only Reading The Onion Seriously Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:15:38 GMT DuaneCampbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30390 There has been some discussion of the alleged positions of Barack Obama on education on this list. His most recent speech is here. This is what he advocates Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:41:44 GMT Stephen Diamond http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30389 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30389 I said precisely the opposite and that is the KEY point: ³Obama himself has NOT stated clearly his views on these crucial issues.² That is why it is so Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:20:43 GMT DuaneCampbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30388 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30388 Don't buy the Achievement gap framing. It usually serves the Bush Admin. and No Child Left Behind. Instead, read the Education and Democracy Policy Forum. The Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:11:42 GMT Michael Pugliese http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30387 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30387 http://globallabor.blogspot.com/2008/06/white-guilt-politics-of-obama-crowd.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:45:50 GMT Luke Weiger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30386 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30386 Like I told Steven before I approved his membership request (and "Comrade Denitch" may be right in thinking that I should not have), I haven't had much time to Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:32:28 GMT DuaneCampbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30385 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30385 There is no "race based" , nor reparations view of educational politics in Obama's record nor in his proposals. These are fragments of your imagination. Duane Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:26:08 GMT Steve Diamond http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30384 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30384 Comrade Denitch must think he is operating on behalf of Tito's thought police. But in fact this is a public space for members of the Democratic Left (of Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:08:54 GMT Hughes, James J. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30383 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30383 http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0829680420080708 Coalition to lobby for health-care reform Tue Jul 8, 2008 2:17pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:39:23 GMT Michael Pugliese http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30382 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30382 http://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/turkey-nascent-democracy-fighting-back/ Turkey: is this what democracy looks Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:44:24 GMT Socialist Worker online http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30381 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30381 Sender's name: Mike Hirsch Sender's message: Interesting piece. Note it didn't originally appear on the SWP site, but was lifted from a Dutch mag. Worth a Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:22:01 GMT Danny Postel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30380 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30380 www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080703_ruth_rosen_on_the_populist_v ision Ruth Rosen on 'The Populist Vision' Posted on Jul 3, 2008 By Ruth Rosen Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:19:40 GMT Bogdan Denitch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30379 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30379 Enough already!!! Stevern grossly violaters the two message a day rtule, is repetitive , boring and knows nothing about our list's politics. Lujer made a Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:34:38 GMT David A Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30378 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DemocraticLeft/message/30378 http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_%3Ca%20class='srNewsTitleLink'%20href='http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_9790976#250619? Labor battle line crosses