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Noam Chomsky On How Progressives Should Approach Election 2012

Tue, 10/02/2012 - 16:18 — Dave Culver
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  • Professor Chomsky said, “I think they should spend five or ten minutes on it -- seeing if there’s a point in taking part in the carefully orchestrated electoral extravaganza."
  • He said he will probably vote for Jill Stein for president in effort to push a genuine electoral alternative.
  • How Do You Take Your Poison?
  • Yes, I’m Voting Third Party. No I’m Not Wasting My Vote.

Matthew Filipowicz, AlterNet

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Noam Chomsky has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize. (photo: Ben Rusk/flickr)

September 28, 2012  |  Recently, on the Matthew Filipowicz Show, I had the privilege of speaking to Professor Noam Chomsky at his MIT office.  We discussed many aspects of activism including how he felt activists and progressives should approach two party politics and specifically the 2012 election.

Chomsky stated “I think they should spend five or ten minutes on it. Seeing if there’s a point in taking part in the carefully orchestrated electoral extravaganza.  And my own judgment, for what it’s worth, is, yes, there’s a point to taking a part.”

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How Do You Take Your Poison? Chris Hedges, Truthdig
You can dismiss those of us who will in protest vote for a third-party candidate and invest our time and energy in acts of civil disobedience. You can pride yourself on being practical. You can swallow the false argument of the lesser of two evils. But ask yourself, once this nightmare starts kicking in, who the real sucker is.

Yes, I’m Voting Third Party. No I’m Not Wasting My Vote. Devon DB, Global Research

  • Voting for Obama or Romney and knowing that both of them don’t care about average Americans will only continue pushing the pendulum that is American politics, to either the Republicans or the Democrats, with there being no substantial change in how the system itself works and who is benefits and oppresses.
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  • The Elections Won't Bring Progressive Change, So What Can?
     

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