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Commentary Glick: Jesse Then, Ralph Now?

Commentary, December, 26 2003 Ted Glick
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One of the most tragic decisions a United States progressive leader has made over the past 20 years was the decision Rev. Jesse Jackson made in 1989 to essentially shut down the National Rainbow Coalition. Is Ralph Nader on the verge of making a s...

Commentary Glick: A Green Party "Safe States" Strategy

Commentary, July, 09 2003 Ted Glick
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Within and outside of the Green Party there is much discussion about whether or not the Greens should run a Presidential candidate in 2004. Some of the external opposition to it is from some of the same people who were opposed to the Nader/LaDuke ...

Commentary Glick: The Power of Culture

Commentary, June, 28 2003 Ted Glick
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ÒNo revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression. If such a movement has caught hold of the imagination of the masses, they will seek a vent in song for the aspirations, the fears and hopes, the loves and hatreds engendered b...

Commentary Glick: UFPJ Takes A Leap Forward

Commentary, June, 12 2003 Ted Glick
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The peace and justice movement is very alive, very well.

Commentary Glick: Remembering Phil Berrigan

Commentary, December, 21 2002 Ted Glick
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I first met the late Phil Berrigan in January of 1970 at the age of 20. I had joined the Catholic Left a month before and was actively involved in preparations for an early February, non-violent raid on three draft board offices in Philadelphia, f...

Commentary Glick: Campaign Trail Insights

Commentary, October, 08 2002 Ted Glick
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Since May of this year I've been actively campaigning for the U.S. Senate as an independent, as a candidate of the Green Party of New Jersey. Over this period of time I've personally passed out tens of thousands of brochures about myself, the Gree...

Commentary Glick: Democrats for IRV?

Commentary, July, 21 2002 Ted Glick
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One and a half years after the five not-so-Supremes selected George Jr. to be President, there are still echoes of the bitterness expressed by some Democrats over Ralph NaderÕs Green Party Presidential campaign.

Commentary Glick: ÒThe Least of TheseÓ

Commentary, June, 10 2002 Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?

Commentary Glick: “The Least of These”

Commentary, June, 10 2002 Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?

Commentary Glick: Practicing What You Preach

Commentary, March, 22 2002 Ted Glick
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In four of my last five Future Hope columns I have written about the importance of independent, peace and justice electoral campaigns, particularly now as we face, in Dick CheneyÕs words, a war that Òmay never end, at least, not in our lifetimes.Ó...

Commentary Glick: 2002: Rising Up Stronger and Broader

Commentary, February, 09 2002 Ted Glick
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Imagine this: a Congressional Democrat running for re-election next November with a leaflet that says, "Vote for me! I supported Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld as they waged war in Afghanistan. I kept my mouth shut as, week after week, civilians died f...

Commentary Glick: ÒThe Least of TheseÓ

Commentary, January, 04 2002 Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?

Commentary Glick: “The Least of These”

Commentary, January, 04 2002 Ted Glick
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Why do people become activists and organizers for positive social change? Even more importantly, why do they continue to live lives of activism even after they experience the difficulties of this line of work?

Commentary Glick: The Democrats in Wartime

Commentary, December, 10 2001 Ted Glick
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As I write it's now seven weeks since the U.S. began it's near-unilateral war against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and, in the words of President Bush on November 21st, "other terrorists who threaten America and our friends," as well as "other nations wh...

Commentary Glick: White Progressives, Black Reparations

Commentary, September, 02 2001 Ted Glick
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How many white progressives "get it" when it comes to the issue of reparations for people of African descent? More to the point, how many are able to genuinely and rationally consider it?

Commentary Glick: The Difference a Month Can Make

Commentary, July, 29 2001 Ted Glick
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Think back for a moment to last December and January. There was tremendous outrage over the 5-4 Bush victory in the Supreme Court. Large numbers of people, the largest since the Vietnam War, demonstrated in D.C. on January 20th, inauguration day, ...

Commentary Glick: On Historical Moments

Commentary, May, 07 2001 Ted Glick
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Organized efforts to bring about significant reforms need a number of things if they are to be successful. One is an ability to discern when, for whatever the reasons may be, there has been a change from what might be called the "keep plugging awa...

Commentary Glick: On Winning Hearts and Minds

Commentary, April, 28 2001 Ted Glick
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A year ago, on April 17th, 2000, I wrote a Future Hope column which likened both the forms of action and the relative organizational coherence of the April 16th actions in D.C. against the IMF/World Bank to a regular army without violent weapons, ...

Commentary Glick: "This Land Is Your Land?"

Commentary, January, 07 2001 Ted Glick
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Several days ago I was asked to be part of a program next month commemorating the 60th anniversary of Woody Guthrie's song, "This Land Is Your Land." This got me thinking.

Commentary Glick: On Burnout and Recruitment

Commentary, September, 17 2000 Ted Glick
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I've been thinking about these two, opposite aspects of an activist's life and work while on vacation in the mountains of western North Carolina. It seemed appropriate that I spend some vacation time, in particular, considering the issue of "burno...

Commentary Glick: Respecting Your Elders?

Commentary, August, 28 2000 Ted Glick
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Respect for elders is a tradition deeply rooted within most cultures in this world. This is as it should be; older people, generally speaking, have accumulated the wisdom gained from years of experience. Does the progressive movement have any uniq...

Commentary Glick: Leftists and Popular Movements

Commentary, August, 04 2000 Ted Glick
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There are a number of reasons why some of those who are left of center in the United States have not yet decided to support the Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke Green Party independent Presidential campaign. Some have the usual "lesser of two evils" argu...

Commentary Glick: The Nader/Laduke Campaign The Nader/LaDuke Movement

Commentary, July, 08 2000 Ted Glick
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There is no question, absolutely none, that of the four "name recognition" Presidential candidates--Bush, Gore, Nader and Buchanan--Ralph Nader is far and away the most progressive. He will be on the ballot in almost all of the states. As distinct...

Commentary Glick: History and Communications

Commentary, June, 13 2000 Ted Glick
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A few weeks ago I received a letter from someone who quoted Karl Marx as having once said, "History moves with the speed of communication." This quote struck me.

Commentary Glick: The Non-Violent Army

Commentary, April, 19 2000 Ted Glick
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For those of us who believe that fundamental change is needed in the United States and the world, there is a new development that we all need to welcome, understand, support and work with: the non-violent army.

Commentary Glick: Martin Luther King, Jr. and "The Personal is Political"

Commentary, April, 10 2000 Ted Glick
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April 4th is the 32nd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. This is an important date for the country and for me personally. It was quite literally the killing of King which jolted me into the life ...

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