[Marxism] Nader in SF

[ChretienTodd@xxxxxxx]

1,000 Cheer on Nader/Camejo at San Francisco Campaign Rally
San Francisco - Todd Chretien
7/16/04

One-thousand enthusiastic supporters crammed Mission High School auditorium 
to launch Ralph Nader âs independent candidate for president.   

âTheyâre laughing at us.   The corporations and the two parties who they 
own 
donât believe weâll ever have enough power to challenge them.   So they 
humiliate us and take away our rights without any worries.   Theyâre laughing 
at 
us.   Are we going to let them get away with it?â   Nader asked the crowd.   
â
NO,â came the response.

âBush started the war in Iraq, but Kerry voted for it and both of then intend 
to continue the occupation.   They both 100% support the Israeli military 
occupation of the occupied territories.   When you close your mind with the 
Anybody But Bush mantra, that just means the Democrats can take you for granted 
and 
keep moving further to the right.   Thatâs what theyâve been doing for 20 
years,â explained Nader.

Naderâs Green Party running mate, Peter Miguel Camejo, criticized those who 
are telling Nader not to run.   âYou canât get rid of Bushâs policies by 
voting for a candidate who voted to support those policies.   Kerry isnât 
Bush-lite, heâs Bush-smart!â

Supporters contributed nearly $20,000 at the event and hundreds of people 
from all over northern California took petitions to launch the effort to 
collect 
the 153,000 signatures Nader and Camejo need to get on the ballot in the next 
three weeks.   

Other speakers at the rally included:   
Matt Gonzalez, Green Party member and president of the San Francisco Board of 
Supervisors

Caroline Lund, worker at the NUMMI auto plant in Hayward and elected leader 
of United Auto Workers Local 2244

Pat Gray, Green Party candidate for U.S. Congress

Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom Party candidate for U.S. Senate
Tim Marshall, activist in the Oakland Education Association and member of 
Solidarity

Greg Jan from the Alameda Green Party

Jess Ghannam of the Free Palestine Alliance and the National Council of Arab 
Americans

Kirya Traber, student at San Francisco State and spoken word poet

Miguel Arajo, leader of Centro Azteca

Todd Chretien, anti-war organizer and member of the International Socialist 
Organization

Greg Kafoury - organizer of Nader Super Rallies in 2000 to give the pitch for 
funds

Renee Saucedo - Green Party member, organizer with the Day Laborers Program 
and candidate for San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 9

The rally was mcâd by Forrest Hill and Green Party national co-chair Jo 
Chamberlain
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