On November 2, 2004, if George W. Bush is thrown out of
office after stealing the last election (with Al Gore's complicit
passivity), there will be a celebration heard round the world. It will
reach from the Latin American Axis of Good that spans Venezuela and
Hugo Chavez to Cuba and Fidel Castro to Brazil and Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva, to every Black and other oppressed nationality community in the
U.S., to most European Union countries. As in any "united front" (a
broad front of often conflicting blocs and interests), people's reasons
for celebration will differ markedly. And if the two Johns, Kerry and
Edwards, are able to strut around in victory, many of us will feel joy
for a few moments (as we did the day Clinton and Gore defeated George
Bush, Sr.), knowing full well that while today we share in the
celebration of the defeat of Bush, tomorrow we will have to take on
Kerry and Edwards as adversaries. [more ]
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