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Discussion on Third party Politics on Thursday in SF
Medea Benjamin, Matt Gonzalaz, and Mark Sanchez and author Micah L. Sifry will be talking about creating a new political vision
Thursday Aug. 1st, 7 pm
San Francisco, CA
"Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America"
author Micah L. Sifry to speak about "Avoiding the Evil of Two Lessors"
Abandoned Planet Bookstore
518 Valencia Street (between 16th & 17th Streets, near 16th & Mission BART Station)
San Francisco, CA
Author Micah L. Sifry, a former editor of The Nation, discusses his book and presents the prospects for new third-party efforts. As more Americans now identify as political independents than as either Democrats or Republicans, Micah offers incite into the rise of third-party politics. Micah details Ross Perot's ascendancy and the implosion of the Reform Party, how Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota, the U.S. Supreme Court's hostility to new and minor political parties, the turbulence of Ralph Nader's Green Party run for the presidency, and third-parties new challenges to urban political machines and successes in winning local offices.
Micah Sifry is Senior Analyst at Public Campaign, a nonpartisan campaign finance reform group. He is co-editor of The Gulf War Reader, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, Salon, Wired, and Tikkun.
Lecture, discussion and book-signing.
Free!
Contact: Jim Dorenkott, jimdorenkott3 [at] hotmail.com or June Brashares, 510-551-9689
San Francisco, CA
"Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America"
author Micah L. Sifry to speak about "Avoiding the Evil of Two Lessors"
Abandoned Planet Bookstore
518 Valencia Street (between 16th & 17th Streets, near 16th & Mission BART Station)
San Francisco, CA
Author Micah L. Sifry, a former editor of The Nation, discusses his book and presents the prospects for new third-party efforts. As more Americans now identify as political independents than as either Democrats or Republicans, Micah offers incite into the rise of third-party politics. Micah details Ross Perot's ascendancy and the implosion of the Reform Party, how Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota, the U.S. Supreme Court's hostility to new and minor political parties, the turbulence of Ralph Nader's Green Party run for the presidency, and third-parties new challenges to urban political machines and successes in winning local offices.
Micah Sifry is Senior Analyst at Public Campaign, a nonpartisan campaign finance reform group. He is co-editor of The Gulf War Reader, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, Salon, Wired, and Tikkun.
Lecture, discussion and book-signing.
Free!
Contact: Jim Dorenkott, jimdorenkott3 [at] hotmail.com or June Brashares, 510-551-9689
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