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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Astrid,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You must be referring to communism, which is a one
party bureaucratic dictatorial State where the government performs most if
not all economic activity and is the sole owner of most
everything.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Socialism is economic and
political democracy, where the government owns some industry and Worker
owned cooperatives and individual Workers own most everything else, and
decisions are made by the people both in the Workplace, in the city where they
live and at the regional and national level through elected
representatives.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>No pure form of a Socialist government has ever
existed.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sweden WAS the closest on the capitalist side
of the spectrum, and the old Yugoslavia was the closest on the State
Managed side of the spectrum.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Republican Spain during the mid 1930's had some
fledgling local examples that were pretty close, until the Fascists won the
civil war.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Today, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador are moving
in the direction of real Socialism albeit some problems and Cuba is
transitioning, but time will tell if it goes the disasterous route that the old
USSR did ( From bad to worse ).</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The biggest problem with Socialism is defining
it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Ask ten people on the street to define it and you
will get at least nine completely different definitions.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>David Johnson</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=davidjohnson1451@comcast.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 14, 2014 1:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sf-core] Out of Occupy, a
New Populist Political Party Forms</DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>those of you who weren't around in the eisenhower
years with managed capitalism here and socialism in several countries don't
realize that both capitalism and socialism stink and that a managed mix works.
until we get a free press and money out of elections, nothing will work<BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">"May this be the worst day of your life".
Old Irish blessing.</PRE>On 3/14/2014 11:38 AM, David Johnson wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<H1>Out of Occupy, a New Populist Political Party Forms</H1></DIV>
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<DIV class=cat-date-line><SPAN class=cat-date-line4>By Dennis Trainor Jr, <A
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U.S. Uncut, is joining with other Occupy Wall Street organizers to launch a
new populist political party. While more details (including the name of the
party and the identities of other key organizers) will be available when the
group launches on March 20, the party will be explicitly anti-capitalist.
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<P>Says Gibson: “A new party that actively opposes capitalism and unites
people around the basic ideas of meeting human needs would be widely
respected and immediately acknowledged. This new party could stand apart
from the two corporate-owned parties by refusing to take campaign donations
from corporations, banks and developers, standing up for the rights of
immigrants and indigenous people, calling for sustainable energy and
development, making education for all a top priority, and believing in
universal access to healthcare as a human right. While it would take time,
focusing on building power first at the local and county level is the surest
way to make lasting change.”</P>
<P>In this interview with Resistance Report host Dennis Trainor, Jr., Gibson
acknowledged that the Green Party is already working along a parallel path,
but feels his (soon to be launched) party will do a better job of engaging
young people and focusing on local politics as a way to build power.
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