10 November 2010
By: La Botz for Senate
The Indypendent
"'The Socialist Party campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio was a great success. We won more than 25,000 votes for socialism in Ohio,' said Dan La Botz the 65-year old school teacher, writer and activist and the party's candidate for Senator. 'We didn't win in traditional terms, but this was not a traditional campaign. The corporate parties want working people to wake up think about politics only on election day, and then they want them to go back to sleep. This campaign was about creating an ongoing movement to build power to transform our society'....
La Botz is the first member of the Socialist Party to actively campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio since 1940 when Socialists in that state waged a forlorn write-in campaign for the party's presidential candidate Norman Thomas...."
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Socialist Dan La Botz Surpasses 25,000 Votes in Ohio
04 November 2010
By: Darcy G. Richardson
UncoveredPolitics
"The Socialist Party's Dan La Botz has surpassed the 25,000-vote mark in Ohio's U.S. Senate race. With all but fourteen of Ohio's 9,910 precincts reporting, the former history and Latin American studies professor and ex-journalist is unofficially garnering 25,311 votes.
La Botz is the first member of the Socialist Party to actively campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio since 1940 when Socialists in that state waged a forlorn write-in campaign for the party's presidential candidate Norman Thomas...."
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By: Darcy G. Richardson
UncoveredPolitics
"The Socialist Party's Dan La Botz has surpassed the 25,000-vote mark in Ohio's U.S. Senate race. With all but fourteen of Ohio's 9,910 precincts reporting, the former history and Latin American studies professor and ex-journalist is unofficially garnering 25,311 votes.
La Botz is the first member of the Socialist Party to actively campaign for the U.S. Senate in Ohio since 1940 when Socialists in that state waged a forlorn write-in campaign for the party's presidential candidate Norman Thomas...."
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Why We Supported Dan La Botz: Some Faces of the Campaign
A Post-Election Statement by the Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, Campaign
03 November 2010
03 November 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Cincinnati Weekly Endorses Socialist Dan La Botz in U.S. Senate Race
29 October 2010
By: Darcy G. Richardson
UncoveredPolitics
"Ignoring the polls, the feisty Cincinnati weekly insisted that Ohioans deserved better and unapologetically offered the crusading La Botz as their choice for the U.S. Senate...."
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By: Darcy G. Richardson
UncoveredPolitics
"Ignoring the polls, the feisty Cincinnati weekly insisted that Ohioans deserved better and unapologetically offered the crusading La Botz as their choice for the U.S. Senate...."
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Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, Speaking at Council on Islamic Relations (CAIR) Candidates Forum
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
29 October 2010
29 October 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Dan La Botz, Candidato del Partido Socialista para el Senado de los Estados Unidos, Habla a los Hispanohablantes
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
28 October 2010
28 October 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Cincinnati CityBeat endorsements include Ohio Socialist Senate candidate La Botz
27 October 2010
By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"For those who actually know what socialism is, La Botz' definition should come as no surprise. His definition centers on America's workers who will "collectively own and democratically plan and manage the major industries and enterprises...."
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By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"For those who actually know what socialism is, La Botz' definition should come as no surprise. His definition centers on America's workers who will "collectively own and democratically plan and manage the major industries and enterprises...."
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Curiouser and Curiouser The Tea Party's crazy contradictions put their stamp on the 2010 elections
27 October 2010
By: John Fox
Cincinnati CityBeat
"CityBeat endorses Dan La Botz
La Botz supports radical democracy, the democratic control of the economy by the majority of Americans instead of by a small minority. Working people make the country run, he says, and working people should run the country. He sees the answers to our national problems and international conflicts coming not from the Democratic or Republican parties but from powerful labor and social movements he hopes to foster...."
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By: John Fox
Cincinnati CityBeat
"CityBeat endorses Dan La Botz
La Botz supports radical democracy, the democratic control of the economy by the majority of Americans instead of by a small minority. Working people make the country run, he says, and working people should run the country. He sees the answers to our national problems and international conflicts coming not from the Democratic or Republican parties but from powerful labor and social movements he hopes to foster...."
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Ohio's Socialist Candidate, Hide the Kids
26 October 2010
By: Vince Grzegorek
Cleveland Scene
"Among the radical ideas espoused by La Botz: the right of Americans to full-time jobs at a living wage, universal access to health care, ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and opposing prejudices like racism, xenophobia, and homophobia. Yes, there's no room for this brand of nutbag thinking in our fair corner of the world..."
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By: Vince Grzegorek
Cleveland Scene
"Among the radical ideas espoused by La Botz: the right of Americans to full-time jobs at a living wage, universal access to health care, ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and opposing prejudices like racism, xenophobia, and homophobia. Yes, there's no room for this brand of nutbag thinking in our fair corner of the world..."
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Associated Press Q&A-Profile on SP Candidate James Arnoldi
24 October 2010
James Arnoldi for Wayne State University Board of Governors (Michigan).
Associated Press
"QUESTION: What is your top issue in this race?
Arnoldi: My campaign aims to support the long-term goal of democratizing Wayne State University’s workplace through social ownership and worker control. I will support efforts by the existing unions covering Wayne State employees and efforts by nonunion employees to organize with the eventual goal of 100 percent unionization of all university employees, regardless of full-time status or position..."
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James Arnoldi for Wayne State University Board of Governors (Michigan).
Associated Press
"QUESTION: What is your top issue in this race?
Arnoldi: My campaign aims to support the long-term goal of democratizing Wayne State University’s workplace through social ownership and worker control. I will support efforts by the existing unions covering Wayne State employees and efforts by nonunion employees to organize with the eventual goal of 100 percent unionization of all university employees, regardless of full-time status or position..."
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Tough graduation rules a sticky subject
24 October 2008
Lori Higgins
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20081024/NEWS15/810240338/Tough-graduation-rules-a-sticky-subject
"Students across the state are struggling with the state's tough new graduation requirements, mandates first proposed by the State Board of Education...
Dwain Reynolds III, said the rules don't take into account that each student is different. 'We need to realize that not everybody is as good at the same thing as everybody else," said Reynolds of Middleville, who represents the Socialist and Green parties...'"
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Lori Higgins
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20081024/NEWS15/810240338/Tough-graduation-rules-a-sticky-subject
"Students across the state are struggling with the state's tough new graduation requirements, mandates first proposed by the State Board of Education...
Dwain Reynolds III, said the rules don't take into account that each student is different. 'We need to realize that not everybody is as good at the same thing as everybody else," said Reynolds of Middleville, who represents the Socialist and Green parties...'"
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Socialist Party at Washington, DC Demonstration (Video)
22 October 2010
Danish National Television DR2 Udland
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"Danish National Television covers Socialist Party and Dan La Botz campaign at October 2 demonstration in Washington, D.C. - program in Danish...."
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"Danish National Television covers Socialist Party and Dan La Botz campaign at October 2 demonstration in Washington, D.C. - program in Danish...."
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Looking for an alternative?
22 October 2010
By: Austin Nichols
UWeekly (Ohio State University)
"'Obama excited millions of voters - and then disappointed them," he said. 'Obama and the Democratic Party have failed to live up to the idealism of those that voted for him. People who want progressive social change - an end to the wars, a healthy environment, jobs for all, single-payer healthcare - have learned that they can't get it through the Democrats. And, of course, they already knew they couldn't get it through the Republicans....'"
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By: Austin Nichols
UWeekly (Ohio State University)
"'Obama excited millions of voters - and then disappointed them," he said. 'Obama and the Democratic Party have failed to live up to the idealism of those that voted for him. People who want progressive social change - an end to the wars, a healthy environment, jobs for all, single-payer healthcare - have learned that they can't get it through the Democrats. And, of course, they already knew they couldn't get it through the Republicans....'"
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
20 October 2010
Workers' Liberty (UK)
"[La Botz:] We have spoken to thousands of people in the state, had our platform and positions published in many newspapers and received radio and television coverage of the campaign. We brought a Federal Election Commission complaint to protest our exclusion from the debates organized by the newspapers and television stations in the state. While we hope to receive thousands of votes, we will also measure the success of this campaign by our own goals of carrying out an educational campaign, building networks of activists, and creating a small socialist movement in Ohio...."
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Workers' Liberty (UK)
"[La Botz:] We have spoken to thousands of people in the state, had our platform and positions published in many newspapers and received radio and television coverage of the campaign. We brought a Federal Election Commission complaint to protest our exclusion from the debates organized by the newspapers and television stations in the state. While we hope to receive thousands of votes, we will also measure the success of this campaign by our own goals of carrying out an educational campaign, building networks of activists, and creating a small socialist movement in Ohio...."
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Judge, 85th District race hot topics at NAACP candidates night
20 October 2010
By: Yana Kunichoff
Chillicothe Gazette
"U.S. Senate candidate Dan La Botz, a member of the Socialist party, also addressed the group. La Botz said he would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to help put working-class Americans back to work...."
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By: Yana Kunichoff
Chillicothe Gazette
"U.S. Senate candidate Dan La Botz, a member of the Socialist party, also addressed the group. La Botz said he would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to help put working-class Americans back to work...."
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Dan La Botz, Speaking at Ohio State University Political Forum
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
20 October 2010
20 October 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Partisanship Is Dead. Long Live Partisanship
19 October 2010
By: Yana Kunichoff
Truthout
"On key issues such as health care, the environment and military spending, La Botz suggests that we organize society around the needs of a working woman with children. 'If we took care of such a woman, we would take care of everyone,' says La Botz. In our society today, however, 'everything is organized around the needs of a CEO ... and we can't move forward politically, culturally or economically while we are dominated by the corporation....'"
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By: Yana Kunichoff
Truthout
"On key issues such as health care, the environment and military spending, La Botz suggests that we organize society around the needs of a working woman with children. 'If we took care of such a woman, we would take care of everyone,' says La Botz. In our society today, however, 'everything is organized around the needs of a CEO ... and we can't move forward politically, culturally or economically while we are dominated by the corporation....'"
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Dan La Botz, Socialist for Senate, Addressing the Chillicothe, OH Chapter of the NAACP
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
19 October 2010
19 October 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for Senate, Speaking at the Capital University Fuller Society Candidate's Debate
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
19 October 2010
19 October 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for Senate, Speaking at American Association of University Women (AAUW) Candidates' Forum
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
17 October 2010
17 October 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for Senate, Speech on Lessons of the Chilean Miners, his SP Electoral Campaign, and the Socialist Alternative
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
16 October 2010
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16 October 2010
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Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, at Oct. 16th Midwest Regional Anti-War March in Chicago
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
16 October 2010
16 October 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Associated Press Q&A -Profile on SP Candidate Diana Demers
03 October 2010
Diana Demers for University of Michigan Board of Regents
Associated Press
"QUESTION: What is your top issue in this race?
Demers: Above all, we need to bring workplace and school place democracy to the University of Michigan. The students and teachers need to design curriculum and policies together as those most involved and with the most vested interests in the learning process. I support the existing unions of the University of Michigan and hope to see full unionization of all employees, greater employee control, and stronger and more participatory student unions..."
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Diana Demers for University of Michigan Board of Regents
Associated Press
"QUESTION: What is your top issue in this race?
Demers: Above all, we need to bring workplace and school place democracy to the University of Michigan. The students and teachers need to design curriculum and policies together as those most involved and with the most vested interests in the learning process. I support the existing unions of the University of Michigan and hope to see full unionization of all employees, greater employee control, and stronger and more participatory student unions..."
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, Addressing 150 Ohio Educators at annual OCLRE Law and Citizenship Conference
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
27 September 2010
27 September 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Socialist Senate candidate Dan La Botz applauded at NAACP meeting
24 September 2010
By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon
"La Botz told the NAACP, 'We are in the First Great Depression of the 21st century.'
He reminded the audience that unemployment in Ohio and throughout the United States was officially 10 percent, really more like 17 percent, that it was double that in African American and Latino communities, and for youth four times that. 'Young people, white, African American or Latino cannot find that all important first job. The Republicans and Democrats have failed to address these problems,' said La Botz...."
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By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon
"La Botz told the NAACP, 'We are in the First Great Depression of the 21st century.'
He reminded the audience that unemployment in Ohio and throughout the United States was officially 10 percent, really more like 17 percent, that it was double that in African American and Latino communities, and for youth four times that. 'Young people, white, African American or Latino cannot find that all important first job. The Republicans and Democrats have failed to address these problems,' said La Botz...."
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Socialist seeking U.S. Senate seat irked over debates
21 September 2010
By: Mark Niquette
Columbus Dispatch
"La Botz said allowing only Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher to participate constitutes an illegal corporate expenditure for Portman and Fisher because the debates are sponsored by the state's eight largest newspapers....
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By: Mark Niquette
Columbus Dispatch
"La Botz said allowing only Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher to participate constitutes an illegal corporate expenditure for Portman and Fisher because the debates are sponsored by the state's eight largest newspapers....
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Exclusive: Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, Files FEC Filing Seeking Debate Inclusion
20 September 2010
By: Mytheos Holt
National Review
"When asked whether he thought his motion was likely to be successful, La Botz said, 'I think we win the moral argument by pointing out that this is illegal and what they're doing is wrong and asking them to do the right thing. I hope the FEC will intervene, but the best situation would be for the Fisher and Portman campaigns to admit they made a mistake.' Neither Fisher and Portman have contacted La Botz, and he said that when their lawyers were confronted with the question, they showed no concern...."
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By: Mytheos Holt
National Review
"When asked whether he thought his motion was likely to be successful, La Botz said, 'I think we win the moral argument by pointing out that this is illegal and what they're doing is wrong and asking them to do the right thing. I hope the FEC will intervene, but the best situation would be for the Fisher and Portman campaigns to admit they made a mistake.' Neither Fisher and Portman have contacted La Botz, and he said that when their lawyers were confronted with the question, they showed no concern...."
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Ohio socialist senate candidate files complaint with FEC over debates
20 September 2010
By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dan La Botz, the Ohio Socialist Party candidate for United States Senate, charged Monday that the Ohio Newspaper Organization (ONO) and its corporate members are making illegal corporate contributions to Rob Portman's and Lee Fisher's Senate campaigns by holding debates that exclude him, and other minority party candidates...."
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By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dan La Botz, the Ohio Socialist Party candidate for United States Senate, charged Monday that the Ohio Newspaper Organization (ONO) and its corporate members are making illegal corporate contributions to Rob Portman's and Lee Fisher's Senate campaigns by holding debates that exclude him, and other minority party candidates...."
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Dems and GOP Say, 'Stay Away'
20 September 2010
By: Jesse Call
Cincinnati Street Vibes
"The presidential model excluded candidates who we knew had great potential," he says. "The presidential model is a terrible model. The real issue is giving all candidates an opportunity to present their views, and that (time) excuse is ridiculous. The American people understand our country is in a crisis, and they want to hear opinions - all the positions that are out there."La Botz says that approval for the socialist perspective is increasing throughout the country, citing polls conducted by major research organizations including Gallup, Pew, and Rasmussen...."
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By: Jesse Call
Cincinnati Street Vibes
"The presidential model excluded candidates who we knew had great potential," he says. "The presidential model is a terrible model. The real issue is giving all candidates an opportunity to present their views, and that (time) excuse is ridiculous. The American people understand our country is in a crisis, and they want to hear opinions - all the positions that are out there."La Botz says that approval for the socialist perspective is increasing throughout the country, citing polls conducted by major research organizations including Gallup, Pew, and Rasmussen...."
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Socialism? We could use more
19 September 2010
Cincinnati Enquirer
"To Dan La Botz of Clifton, the argument raging between conservatives and liberals over whether President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress are sliding the nation toward socialism is one that misses the point. La Botz, the Socialist candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, believes that if there is a slide, it hasn't gone far enough.
'Today we are trapped in a capitalistic system, with its booms and busts, its recessions and depressions,' La Botz wrote on his campaign website, danlabotz.com. 'We need to construct an alternative. That alternative is democratic socialism, a society where people control the political and economic system for the good of all....'"
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Cincinnati Enquirer
"To Dan La Botz of Clifton, the argument raging between conservatives and liberals over whether President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress are sliding the nation toward socialism is one that misses the point. La Botz, the Socialist candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, believes that if there is a slide, it hasn't gone far enough.
'Today we are trapped in a capitalistic system, with its booms and busts, its recessions and depressions,' La Botz wrote on his campaign website, danlabotz.com. 'We need to construct an alternative. That alternative is democratic socialism, a society where people control the political and economic system for the good of all....'"
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Peace is a Local Issue
A statement by Brandon Collins, Socialist Party Candidate for Charlottesville City Council (Virgina)
13 September 2011
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967
Early on in the campaign I was invited to give a talk about peace and war at an event on the downtown mall. I had planned on giving the speech before I had even decided to enter the city council race. The speech itself wound up being delivered a few days after Osama bin Laden had been reported killed by US forces...
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13 September 2011
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967
Early on in the campaign I was invited to give a talk about peace and war at an event on the downtown mall. I had planned on giving the speech before I had even decided to enter the city council race. The speech itself wound up being delivered a few days after Osama bin Laden had been reported killed by US forces...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Shared Sacrifice Radio Show Interview with SP U.S. Senate Candidate Dan La Botz (Audio)
11 September 2010
Shared Sacrifice
The show opens with discussion about independent politics. Guest Dan La Botz joins the show about 15 minutes after it begins and engages in a 30 minute discussion with hosts about major political questions, about his campaign, and about the left....
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Shared Sacrifice
The show opens with discussion about independent politics. Guest Dan La Botz joins the show about 15 minutes after it begins and engages in a 30 minute discussion with hosts about major political questions, about his campaign, and about the left....
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Dan La Botz and the Red Special Coming to You Soon
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
11 September 2010
11 September 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for Senate, Recaps his Talk to NAACP Ohio Conference
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
10 September 2010
10 September 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
A Response to Questions...
08 September 2010
By: Tom Trottier
Socialist Appeal
"In terms of left unity, Dan Labotz is running for the US Senate in Ohio on the Socialist Party ticket. The WIL would urge workers and youth in Ohio to vote for him in the midterm elections...."
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By: Tom Trottier
Socialist Appeal
"In terms of left unity, Dan Labotz is running for the US Senate in Ohio on the Socialist Party ticket. The WIL would urge workers and youth in Ohio to vote for him in the midterm elections...."
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Covington Police and Joe Deters
08 September 2010
By: Kevin Osborne
Cincinnati CityBeat
"DAN LA BOTZ: Whether you like him or not, Dan LaBotz has a point. LaBotz, the socialist candidate running for U.S. Senate against Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher, has complained to the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA), which is organizing three debates between Portman and Fisher. In essence, LaBotz argues that since he qualifies for the ballot under Ohio law, the ONA should insist that the candidates from the two major political parties allow LaBotz to participate in the debates. We think Portman and Fisher are afraid LaBotz might throw them off their carefully scripted answers and actually spark a true debate on the issues, including ones they'd rather not address. The two-party system is broken and the public would be well served by including other points-of-view...."
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By: Kevin Osborne
Cincinnati CityBeat
"DAN LA BOTZ: Whether you like him or not, Dan LaBotz has a point. LaBotz, the socialist candidate running for U.S. Senate against Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher, has complained to the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA), which is organizing three debates between Portman and Fisher. In essence, LaBotz argues that since he qualifies for the ballot under Ohio law, the ONA should insist that the candidates from the two major political parties allow LaBotz to participate in the debates. We think Portman and Fisher are afraid LaBotz might throw them off their carefully scripted answers and actually spark a true debate on the issues, including ones they'd rather not address. The two-party system is broken and the public would be well served by including other points-of-view...."
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Should You Vote for the Democrats? - 2010 Elections
03 September 2010
By: Tony Wilsdon
Socialist Alternative
"In 2010, candidates like Dan La Botz in Ohio, Jill Stein in Massachusetts and Howie Hawkins in New York deserve our support. Also, there is increased anger growing among sections of the labor movement at Obama's anti-worker policies. We need to open up a discussion in the labor movement about the abusive relationship that the Democratic Party has with working people...."
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By: Tony Wilsdon
Socialist Alternative
"In 2010, candidates like Dan La Botz in Ohio, Jill Stein in Massachusetts and Howie Hawkins in New York deserve our support. Also, there is increased anger growing among sections of the labor movement at Obama's anti-worker policies. We need to open up a discussion in the labor movement about the abusive relationship that the Democratic Party has with working people...."
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
An alternative for Ohio voters
25 August 2010
By: Shaun Harkin
Socialist Worker
"Ohio has a socialist candidate for the U.S. Senate this November. Dan La Botz, the veteran socialist activist and author, is running as the Socialist Party candidate because of the urgency of putting forward a political alternative in the midst of the Great Recession and the continued corporate domination of U.S. politics.
Dan is a co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) and member of the socialist group Solidarity, and he has written extensively on workers' rights in the U.S. and Mexico. Shaun Harkin interviewed him about his campaign and how his candidacy has been received..."
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By: Shaun Harkin
Socialist Worker
"Ohio has a socialist candidate for the U.S. Senate this November. Dan La Botz, the veteran socialist activist and author, is running as the Socialist Party candidate because of the urgency of putting forward a political alternative in the midst of the Great Recession and the continued corporate domination of U.S. politics.
Dan is a co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) and member of the socialist group Solidarity, and he has written extensively on workers' rights in the U.S. and Mexico. Shaun Harkin interviewed him about his campaign and how his candidacy has been received..."
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Ohio minority party candidates La Botz, Deaton to petition Brunner to expand Portman/Fisher debate
24 August 2010
By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"On Monday, La Botz, of Cincinnati, initiated an online petition he's asking supporters to sign that calls for inclusive political debates in Ohio, and that will be sent to Brunner..."
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By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"On Monday, La Botz, of Cincinnati, initiated an online petition he's asking supporters to sign that calls for inclusive political debates in Ohio, and that will be sent to Brunner..."
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Brunner asked to protect voters' rights to hear all candidates' views
Dan La Botz
Socialist Party candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
22 August 2010
(Published in the Cincinnati Beacon
"The Ohio Secretary of State has the responsibility to insure fair elections," says La Botz. "So far Jennifer Brunner has done an excellent job to insure that all parties and candidates will appear on the ballot. But, if an election is to be fair, then voters have to be able to hear all of the candidates' views' not just the Republicans and Democrats...."
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Socialist Party candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
22 August 2010
(Published in the Cincinnati Beacon
"The Ohio Secretary of State has the responsibility to insure fair elections," says La Botz. "So far Jennifer Brunner has done an excellent job to insure that all parties and candidates will appear on the ballot. But, if an election is to be fair, then voters have to be able to hear all of the candidates' views' not just the Republicans and Democrats...."
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Editor's Notebook: Confusion surrounds discussions with hopefuls
22 August 2010
By: Jim Collins
The News-Herald (Serving northern Ohio)
"The most noticeable change in the interviews this year is the influx of minor party candidates. Time was, they were all Republicans or Democrats. No longer. This year we have Libertarians, Constitution Party candidates, Green Party candidates and even a Socialist Party candidate running for U.S. Senate.
The latter, Daniel LaBotz, a Spanish teacher who drove all the way up from Cincinnati for the interview, was one of the most articulate candidates we have interviewed in the past 28 years. He didn't persuade me to become a Socialist, but he sure had a grip on his facts. He was very intent, intelligent and single-minded.
Judging by everything I had read, I thought he might favor the Obama health care plan. But one should never take anything for granted. He hates it. Oh well!..."
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By: Jim Collins
The News-Herald (Serving northern Ohio)
"The most noticeable change in the interviews this year is the influx of minor party candidates. Time was, they were all Republicans or Democrats. No longer. This year we have Libertarians, Constitution Party candidates, Green Party candidates and even a Socialist Party candidate running for U.S. Senate.
The latter, Daniel LaBotz, a Spanish teacher who drove all the way up from Cincinnati for the interview, was one of the most articulate candidates we have interviewed in the past 28 years. He didn't persuade me to become a Socialist, but he sure had a grip on his facts. He was very intent, intelligent and single-minded.
Judging by everything I had read, I thought he might favor the Obama health care plan. But one should never take anything for granted. He hates it. Oh well!..."
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End the Wars Now! U.S. Out of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan!
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
22 August 2010
The United States should at once withdraw its military forces from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The George W. Bush administration launched the war on Iraq in 2003 based on lies that it told to the people of the United States and to the nations of the world. Iraq had nothing to do with the 9-11 terrorist attack nor did it have the weapons of mass destruction that Bush claimed. The U.S. wars on Iraq violated international law, launching a war against another country without provocation and without justification...
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22 August 2010
The United States should at once withdraw its military forces from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The George W. Bush administration launched the war on Iraq in 2003 based on lies that it told to the people of the United States and to the nations of the world. Iraq had nothing to do with the 9-11 terrorist attack nor did it have the weapons of mass destruction that Bush claimed. The U.S. wars on Iraq violated international law, launching a war against another country without provocation and without justification...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Local lawmakers on proposed mosque in NYC
19 August 2010
Cincinnati Enquirer blog, NKY.com
"Dan La Botz, the Socialist Party candidate for the Senate seat, said the request to build the mosque should be approved..."
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Cincinnati Enquirer blog, NKY.com
"Dan La Botz, the Socialist Party candidate for the Senate seat, said the request to build the mosque should be approved..."
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Let's 'Slater'!
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
12 August 2010
12 August 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Campaign Interview with Dan La Botz on WORT Radio Show (Audio)
05 August 2010
WORT Radio (Madison, Wisconsin)
Allen Ruff interviews Socialist Party U.S. Senate candidate Dan La Botz about his campaign and the issues, and takes calls from listeners...
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WORT Radio (Madison, Wisconsin)
Allen Ruff interviews Socialist Party U.S. Senate candidate Dan La Botz about his campaign and the issues, and takes calls from listeners...
Listen to the Podcast
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Ohio Socialist senate candidate LaBotz issues call to 'open up' Portman, Fisher debate
04 August 2010
By: John Michael Spinelli
Toledo Free Press
"Predicting the nation is headed for a double dip recession, one he says will in reality be another Great Depression, LaBotz, who spent a number of his wonder years growing up in California, said the Federal and Ohio State governments need to take dramatic action to keep the bottom from falling out of the economy, notwithstanding the fact that many feel that horse has left the barn. Private sector jobs will continue to go and public sector jobs with them, he laments.
Showing his fiery socialist spirit, LaBotz says Portman, a Republican, would like to cut small business taxes, while Fisher, a Democrat, will support whatever President Obama does or fails to do. To provide jobs now, the be-spectacled, graying Socialist says the Federal government and the State of Ohio must take steps now if people are to find work anytime soon...."
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By: John Michael Spinelli
Toledo Free Press
"Predicting the nation is headed for a double dip recession, one he says will in reality be another Great Depression, LaBotz, who spent a number of his wonder years growing up in California, said the Federal and Ohio State governments need to take dramatic action to keep the bottom from falling out of the economy, notwithstanding the fact that many feel that horse has left the barn. Private sector jobs will continue to go and public sector jobs with them, he laments.
Showing his fiery socialist spirit, LaBotz says Portman, a Republican, would like to cut small business taxes, while Fisher, a Democrat, will support whatever President Obama does or fails to do. To provide jobs now, the be-spectacled, graying Socialist says the Federal government and the State of Ohio must take steps now if people are to find work anytime soon...."
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Challenging a Broken System A true socialist, LaBotz runs for U.S. Senate seat
28 July 2010
By: Dave Malaska
City Beat - Cincinnati
"'I am running to become the senator from Ohio,' he says. 'I see my campaign as a way to talk about an alternative view of society that put peoples' needs before corporate profits. I also see the campaign as a way to build a network of socialist activists in Ohio, people who walk on picket lines to support workers and their unions, people who organize against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, people who fight for gay and lesbian, or better, LGBT rights, people who want to dramatically reduce the use of carbon fuels to improve our environment.' He adds, 'I believe the working people make this country run and working people, not the banks and corporations, should run the country.'"
By: Dave Malaska
City Beat - Cincinnati
"'I am running to become the senator from Ohio,' he says. 'I see my campaign as a way to talk about an alternative view of society that put peoples' needs before corporate profits. I also see the campaign as a way to build a network of socialist activists in Ohio, people who walk on picket lines to support workers and their unions, people who organize against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, people who fight for gay and lesbian, or better, LGBT rights, people who want to dramatically reduce the use of carbon fuels to improve our environment.' He adds, 'I believe the working people make this country run and working people, not the banks and corporations, should run the country.'"
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Debates ought to include all candidates
25 July 2010
Editorial Letter by Dan La Botz
Columbus Dispatch
Shouldn't the American public have the right to hear from all of the candidates? And shouldn't The Dispatch make it a point to inform the public about the range of candidates, parties and platforms?
I am eager to debate the other candidates. I think Ohioans want to hear all of the alternatives...."
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Editorial Letter by Dan La Botz
Columbus Dispatch
Shouldn't the American public have the right to hear from all of the candidates? And shouldn't The Dispatch make it a point to inform the public about the range of candidates, parties and platforms?
I am eager to debate the other candidates. I think Ohioans want to hear all of the alternatives...."
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, Addressing Community Meeting at Washington Park in Cincinnati
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
24 July 2010
24 July 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
In case You were Wondering...My Responses to 7/20 Candidates Forum
A statement by Brandon Collins, Socialist Party Candidate for Charlottesville City Council (Virgina)
21 July 2010
My responses to questions asked at the July 20 “Democrats Only” Forum, but first some quick thoughts:
*Not one person pointed to the obvious- a power outage could have been avoided had Burley School been equipped with solar panels. The whole fiasco should have reminded us all how fragile our energy supply is, and that we have technological solutions now, we just need to use those solutions...
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21 July 2010
My responses to questions asked at the July 20 “Democrats Only” Forum, but first some quick thoughts:
*Not one person pointed to the obvious- a power outage could have been avoided had Burley School been equipped with solar panels. The whole fiasco should have reminded us all how fragile our energy supply is, and that we have technological solutions now, we just need to use those solutions...
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OHIO SENATE DEBATE: MINOR PARTIES MUST BE INCLUDED
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
21 July 2010
Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher are reported by the press to be preparing to hold a series of debates in several Ohio cities, debates in which apparently only they will participate. To my knowledge no other candidates for the U.S. Senate seat for which they are running have been invited. Apparently we will face in this election the same corporate political duopoly as in the past...
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21 July 2010
Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher are reported by the press to be preparing to hold a series of debates in several Ohio cities, debates in which apparently only they will participate. To my knowledge no other candidates for the U.S. Senate seat for which they are running have been invited. Apparently we will face in this election the same corporate political duopoly as in the past...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, on the Champion Windows Workers' Picket Line in Cincinnati
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
20 July 2010
20 July 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Alexander Dismisses Economic Plans of Obama and McCain
Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Today, Vice Presidential Candidate Stewart A. Alexander attacked the economic programs of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama and Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain; Alexander dismissed the economic proposals of both candidates as "campaign baiting to win votes." Alexander says the U.S. economy needs much more than what either candidate has presented, "the U.S. economy needs a total makeover, and a little makeup will not work."...
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Socialist Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Today, Vice Presidential Candidate Stewart A. Alexander attacked the economic programs of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama and Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain; Alexander dismissed the economic proposals of both candidates as "campaign baiting to win votes." Alexander says the U.S. economy needs much more than what either candidate has presented, "the U.S. economy needs a total makeover, and a little makeup will not work."...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Ohio Socialist candidate La Botz says Republicans, Democrats useless, warns of CA open primary prop
14 July 2010
By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"Like a political minnow trying valiantly to scale the cascading waters of Niagara Falls to find his spawning ground, La Botz says the labor movement and organizations like the AFL-CIO dedicated to it, should no waste time on electing Democrats with the hope that the Democrats will create jobs, but should instead "build that movement, like the one that created unions and forced the Democrats to create jobs in the 1930s...."
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By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"Like a political minnow trying valiantly to scale the cascading waters of Niagara Falls to find his spawning ground, La Botz says the labor movement and organizations like the AFL-CIO dedicated to it, should no waste time on electing Democrats with the hope that the Democrats will create jobs, but should instead "build that movement, like the one that created unions and forced the Democrats to create jobs in the 1930s...."
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Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, on The Economy, Jobs, and DHL Wilmington
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate United States Senate (Ohio)
14 July 2010
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN FREE FALL – REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS USELESS
U.S. Congress Must Act Now to Extend Unemployment and to Create Jobs for All
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
13 July 2010
The U.S. economy continues in free fall and the Republicans and Democrats have proven to be useless. They have no program to deal with the Twenty-First Century Depression and the unemployment crisis. Millions of workers have lost their jobs since 2007 and next month one million will also lose their unemployment benefits, and yet the Congress is paralyzed and the two major parties are doing virtually nothing to create jobs...
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13 July 2010
The U.S. economy continues in free fall and the Republicans and Democrats have proven to be useless. They have no program to deal with the Twenty-First Century Depression and the unemployment crisis. Millions of workers have lost their jobs since 2007 and next month one million will also lose their unemployment benefits, and yet the Congress is paralyzed and the two major parties are doing virtually nothing to create jobs...
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Is the Financial Regulation Bill "Socialist"? Don't Make the Socialists Laugh
12 July 2010
By: John Nichols
The Nation
"Dan La Botz, who is running the Senate in Ohio as a proud 'Buckeye Socialist,' argues that 'none of the problems facing this country can be dealt with unless we end the domination of banks, insurance companies and multinational corporations over both major parties and over our political system.'
So what's the Socialist fix for the banking issues that the Senate is wrestling with -- and for the broader financial crisis?
La Botz's platform declares: 'Not a penny more for the banks and the bankers! Take over the banks...'"
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By: John Nichols
The Nation
"Dan La Botz, who is running the Senate in Ohio as a proud 'Buckeye Socialist,' argues that 'none of the problems facing this country can be dealt with unless we end the domination of banks, insurance companies and multinational corporations over both major parties and over our political system.'
So what's the Socialist fix for the banking issues that the Senate is wrestling with -- and for the broader financial crisis?
La Botz's platform declares: 'Not a penny more for the banks and the bankers! Take over the banks...'"
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, at Labor Start Conference
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
10 July 2010
10 July 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialista para el Senado de EU por Ohio, Mensaje de Introducción en Español
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
06 July 2010
06 July 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, at Cincinnati Pride Parade
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
04 July 2010
04 July 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Stop the Bullying in the Public Schools: Duke Energy attacks our Schools and our Children
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
02 July 2010
Let’s stop the bullying in our schools, the corporate bullying. Duke Energy is seeking to reduce the amount it pays in taxes by 40 million dollars, devastating the budgets of 700 school districts in Southwest Ohio...
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02 July 2010
Let’s stop the bullying in our schools, the corporate bullying. Duke Energy is seeking to reduce the amount it pays in taxes by 40 million dollars, devastating the budgets of 700 school districts in Southwest Ohio...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Jobs for Ohio? Not from Portman or Fisher. We Need Jobs Now!
29 June 2010
Guest Article by Dan La Botz
Cincinnati Beacon
We should be organizing demonstrations for jobs at every City Hall in every city in Ohio. Will you join me in "organizing jobs demonstrations in Ohio? Let's build a movement for jobs in our hometowns. Then take it to Columbus. And take it to Washington. We all know that in this country, the working people only get something when they organize and fight for it. It's time to fight now...."
We should be organizing demonstrations for jobs at every City Hall in every city in Ohio. Will you join me in "organizing jobs demonstrations in Ohio? Let's build a movement for jobs in our hometowns. Then take it to Columbus. And take it to Washington. We all know that in this country, the working people only get something when they organize and fight for it. It's time to fight now...."
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Guest Article by Dan La Botz
Cincinnati Beacon
We should be organizing demonstrations for jobs at every City Hall in every city in Ohio. Will you join me in "organizing jobs demonstrations in Ohio? Let's build a movement for jobs in our hometowns. Then take it to Columbus. And take it to Washington. We all know that in this country, the working people only get something when they organize and fight for it. It's time to fight now...."
We should be organizing demonstrations for jobs at every City Hall in every city in Ohio. Will you join me in "organizing jobs demonstrations in Ohio? Let's build a movement for jobs in our hometowns. Then take it to Columbus. And take it to Washington. We all know that in this country, the working people only get something when they organize and fight for it. It's time to fight now...."
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Jobs for Ohio? Not from Portman or Fisher. We Need Jobs Now!
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
28 June 2010
We need jobs in Ohio and now. And neither Republican Rob Portman nor Democrat Lee Fisher has a program that will create jobs. Their jobs programs are essentially the same: cut taxes on small business. Yet there is no guarantee that small businesses would use a tax break to create jobs, and even if they did, they couldn’t begin to create enough jobs for all of Ohio’s unemployed...
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28 June 2010
We need jobs in Ohio and now. And neither Republican Rob Portman nor Democrat Lee Fisher has a program that will create jobs. Their jobs programs are essentially the same: cut taxes on small business. Yet there is no guarantee that small businesses would use a tax break to create jobs, and even if they did, they couldn’t begin to create enough jobs for all of Ohio’s unemployed...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Dan La Botz "Grassroots to Socialism" Talk at SP-Sponsored U.S. Social Forum Workshop
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
24 June 2010
24 June 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Socialism? We Wish, Says Local Group
21 June 2010
By: Carrie Whitaker
Cincinnati Enquirer, Common Dreams
"I expect to win many more votes in the general election," La Botz said. "I also think the votes are only one measure of success of the campaign. You want to use the campaign trail as an opportunity to organize people or inspire people to do what they ought to do; to fight for jobs for everyone, to defend women's right to choose, to defend gay and lesbian rights and immigrant rights..."
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By: Carrie Whitaker
Cincinnati Enquirer, Common Dreams
"I expect to win many more votes in the general election," La Botz said. "I also think the votes are only one measure of success of the campaign. You want to use the campaign trail as an opportunity to organize people or inspire people to do what they ought to do; to fight for jobs for everyone, to defend women's right to choose, to defend gay and lesbian rights and immigrant rights..."
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, in New Orleans Addressing the BP Oil Spill
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
14 June 2010
14 June 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Interview with Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for Senate from Ohio [Audio]
11 June 2010
Shared Sacrifice Radio Show
"Today we put the corporation and its profits at the center of our nation's priorities. We need to rethink those priorities. We might, for example, think of a single mother with a child or two to support. What would she need? Health care, education, housing, a living wage. Those should be our priorities...."
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Shared Sacrifice Radio Show
"Today we put the corporation and its profits at the center of our nation's priorities. We need to rethink those priorities. We might, for example, think of a single mother with a child or two to support. What would she need? Health care, education, housing, a living wage. Those should be our priorities...."
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Monday, June 7, 2010
Cincinnatians Rally for Immigration Reform
07 June 2010
(Dan La Botz speaks with the Cincinnati Beacon during immigrant rights demonstration June 2010 and back in 2006)
By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon (link)
"Watch this video to see hundreds and hundreds of Cincinnatians gather to oppose Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law and to support immigration reform and human rights. The clip features highlights from speeches, and views of the crowd."
(Dan La Botz speaks with the Cincinnati Beacon during immigrant rights demonstration June 2010 and back in 2006)
By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon (link)
"Watch this video to see hundreds and hundreds of Cincinnatians gather to oppose Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law and to support immigration reform and human rights. The clip features highlights from speeches, and views of the crowd."
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Dan La Botz, Socialist for U.S. Senate, at Immigrants Rights Rally in Cincinnati
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
5 June 2010
5 June 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Cincinnatians protest against Israeli aggression at Taste of Cincinnati
01 June 2010
By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon
"Ohio's Socialist Senate candidate Dan La Botz describes why they were there in this video and calls on Obama to condemn Israel's aggressive action and to stop supporting their illegal occupation of Palestinian lands...."
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By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon
"Ohio's Socialist Senate candidate Dan La Botz describes why they were there in this video and calls on Obama to condemn Israel's aggressive action and to stop supporting their illegal occupation of Palestinian lands...."
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Condemn Israel's Attack on Ships Carrying Aid to Gaza
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
31 May 2010
I join people here in Cincinnati and people around the world in condemning Israel’s attack on the flotilla carrying aid to Palestinians in Gaza, an attack in which at least ten were killed and dozens more seriously injured. The Israeli Defense Forces’ terrorist attack on the convoy of ships from the U.K., Ireland, Algeria, Kuwait, Greece, and Turkey, a flotilla carrying some 700 people from 50 nations and bringing 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, is an outrageous act...
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31 May 2010
I join people here in Cincinnati and people around the world in condemning Israel’s attack on the flotilla carrying aid to Palestinians in Gaza, an attack in which at least ten were killed and dozens more seriously injured. The Israeli Defense Forces’ terrorist attack on the convoy of ships from the U.K., Ireland, Algeria, Kuwait, Greece, and Turkey, a flotilla carrying some 700 people from 50 nations and bringing 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, is an outrageous act...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
The One Thing We Can Agree on Is Peace
27 May 2010
By: David Swanson
The Smirking Chimp
"What could all of these candidates for federal office possibly have in common? They all oppose spending another dime on maintaining, or escalating, our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq...."
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By: David Swanson
The Smirking Chimp
"What could all of these candidates for federal office possibly have in common? They all oppose spending another dime on maintaining, or escalating, our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq...."
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
You Voted for Obama - Time to Move Left?
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
26 May 2010
Are you one of those who voted for Obama and the Democrats and feel that you got Republican results? I don’t think you’re alone. My friends who voted for Obama and the Democrats did so for reasons like those below...
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26 May 2010
Are you one of those who voted for Obama and the Democrats and feel that you got Republican results? I don’t think you’re alone. My friends who voted for Obama and the Democrats did so for reasons like those below...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Defend Cleveland High School Students Arrested for Protesting Budget Cuts and Teacher Layoffs
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
21 May 2010
I joined Ohio union members and others from around the country in signing a letter in defense of Cleveland high school students who protested against budget cuts and layoffs. They acted for us. Let us now act for them. Read the letter and call the Cleveland Police and Cleveland School Board and Collinwood High School to have all charges dropped and records cleared. If you’re a union member or a simply a concerned person, join in signing this letter...
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21 May 2010
I joined Ohio union members and others from around the country in signing a letter in defense of Cleveland high school students who protested against budget cuts and layoffs. They acted for us. Let us now act for them. Read the letter and call the Cleveland Police and Cleveland School Board and Collinwood High School to have all charges dropped and records cleared. If you’re a union member or a simply a concerned person, join in signing this letter...
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Immigration law focus of meeting
20 May 2010
Cincinnati Enquirer
"The meeting, "Ohio Will Not Be the Next Arizona," features speeches by Dan La Botz, a candidate for United States Senate with the Socialist Party of Ohio. La Botz is a teacher in Cincinnati, a labor activist and author...."
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Cincinnati Enquirer
"The meeting, "Ohio Will Not Be the Next Arizona," features speeches by Dan La Botz, a candidate for United States Senate with the Socialist Party of Ohio. La Botz is a teacher in Cincinnati, a labor activist and author...."
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Break Up the Banks? No. Take Them Over and Turn Them into a Credit Union
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
19 May 2010
Americans are furious about the banks and the bankers. Furious at the bankers for bringing us to the brink. Furious too that the bankers continue to pay multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses to their executives. And the American people are angry that the government—which gave the banks trillions of dollars—won’t say exactly who got the money and can’t explain why all that money didn’t save homes and small businesses and create jobs...
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19 May 2010
Americans are furious about the banks and the bankers. Furious at the bankers for bringing us to the brink. Furious too that the bankers continue to pay multi-million dollar salaries and bonuses to their executives. And the American people are angry that the government—which gave the banks trillions of dollars—won’t say exactly who got the money and can’t explain why all that money didn’t save homes and small businesses and create jobs...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
What an Oil Spill, not only in the Gulf, but in Washington
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
18 May 2010
The last month’s disastrous and tragic events have provided a remarkable window into the relationship of the oil corporations to the U.S. government and its environmental policy. On March 31 President Barack Obama announced that his administration would permit oil drilling off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, reportedly as part of a political strategy to win Republican support for the president’s environmental agenda. Maybe there was also an element of payback in the decision. Two of Obama’s top “bundlers” were oil executives and his presidential campaign received $213,000 from oil companies. Many Obama supporters, even former Vice-President Al Gore’s Repower America, expressed their disappointment and distress at the decision. By wooing the Republicans, Obama was also capitulating to the oil companies who provide so much money to both parties and their candidates. The decision couldn’t have been more badly timed...
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18 May 2010
The last month’s disastrous and tragic events have provided a remarkable window into the relationship of the oil corporations to the U.S. government and its environmental policy. On March 31 President Barack Obama announced that his administration would permit oil drilling off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, reportedly as part of a political strategy to win Republican support for the president’s environmental agenda. Maybe there was also an element of payback in the decision. Two of Obama’s top “bundlers” were oil executives and his presidential campaign received $213,000 from oil companies. Many Obama supporters, even former Vice-President Al Gore’s Repower America, expressed their disappointment and distress at the decision. By wooing the Republicans, Obama was also capitulating to the oil companies who provide so much money to both parties and their candidates. The decision couldn’t have been more badly timed...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Fisher finishes 1st in Ohio Dem Senate race, Socialist Party's La Botz Hail Mary's Brunner voters
05 May 2010
By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"The Socialist Party, has a candidate, Dan La Botz of Cincinnati, who saw the rancor that brewed between Fisher and Brunner over the months and threw a Hail Mary pass for support in November in an open letter to Brunner, who he asked to swing her voters his way based on La Botz's belief his position and those of Brunner were in close alignment, and that Fisher won't fight for them but he will...."
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By: John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"The Socialist Party, has a candidate, Dan La Botz of Cincinnati, who saw the rancor that brewed between Fisher and Brunner over the months and threw a Hail Mary pass for support in November in an open letter to Brunner, who he asked to swing her voters his way based on La Botz's belief his position and those of Brunner were in close alignment, and that Fisher won't fight for them but he will...."
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How the Left Went Right
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
5 May 2010
5 May 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Ohio Socialist Runs for U.S. Senate
01 May 2010
By: Dan La Botz
Against the Current
"The second question was, 'Do you think that government in this country is too big?' I replied that the question is not is it too big or too small, but whose government is it? We have a government today that represents bankers, corporations, insurance companies, and the very rich. We need a government by and for working people (including unemployed working people) of this country who constitute the majority...."
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By: Dan La Botz
Against the Current
"The second question was, 'Do you think that government in this country is too big?' I replied that the question is not is it too big or too small, but whose government is it? We have a government today that represents bankers, corporations, insurance companies, and the very rich. We need a government by and for working people (including unemployed working people) of this country who constitute the majority...."
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
OH: Socialist Party Candidate for US Senate Responds to Claims that the Democratic Party is on a "March toward Socialism
27 April 2010
By: D. Eris
Third Party and Independent Daily
"[La Botz:] The Obama administration proposes that a government run by corporations also regulate the corporations in order to save the corporations from destroying themselves in their chaotic struggle to control our nation's wealth and resources. Obama's government, like Bush's did, acts as a kind of super-executive committee of corporations, working to coordinate the corporations so they will be more successful in wringing their wealth from us. Socialists argue that America's working people make the country run, and working people should also run the country. There is all the difference in the world between those two visions and programs...."
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By: D. Eris
Third Party and Independent Daily
"[La Botz:] The Obama administration proposes that a government run by corporations also regulate the corporations in order to save the corporations from destroying themselves in their chaotic struggle to control our nation's wealth and resources. Obama's government, like Bush's did, acts as a kind of super-executive committee of corporations, working to coordinate the corporations so they will be more successful in wringing their wealth from us. Socialists argue that America's working people make the country run, and working people should also run the country. There is all the difference in the world between those two visions and programs...."
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Monday, April 26, 2010
On Socialism, Corporatism and Democratic-Republican Party Government: Of the Corporations, By the Corporations, For the Corporations
26 April 2010
Poli-Tea
"In his reply, Mr. La Botz writes, in part:"The Obama administration, which came to power in the midst of a severe economic crisis, has demonstrated that its principal preoccupation has been to save American capitalism, the banks and corporations. Billions of working peoples' tax money has been redistributed to banks, insurance companies and corporations, but we have not gained any control over those institutions. On the contrary, they continue to exploit working people and to block the road to reform..."
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Poli-Tea
"In his reply, Mr. La Botz writes, in part:"The Obama administration, which came to power in the midst of a severe economic crisis, has demonstrated that its principal preoccupation has been to save American capitalism, the banks and corporations. Billions of working peoples' tax money has been redistributed to banks, insurance companies and corporations, but we have not gained any control over those institutions. On the contrary, they continue to exploit working people and to block the road to reform..."
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Third Party candidates for U.S. Senate in Ohio
26 April 2010
By: Michael Kwiatkowski
FireDogLake - The Seminel
"Those are the independent candidates vying for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Voinovich. Of them all, Dan La Botz seems best suited to represent Ohioans in the Senate...."
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By: Michael Kwiatkowski
FireDogLake - The Seminel
"Those are the independent candidates vying for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Voinovich. Of them all, Dan La Botz seems best suited to represent Ohioans in the Senate...."
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For Independent Candidates in 2010! - Break with the two Corporate Parties!
26 April 2010
By: Peter Ikeler
Socialist Alternative
"La Botz, a long-time labor activist, states: 'Working people make the country run. And working people - not the banks, corporations, and politicians - should run the country.'....These candidates deserve the support of all workers and young people as a step to building a left-wing anti-corporate pro-worker political movement. Furthermore, the recent rise of the right-wing Tea Party movement shows the dire need for an organized, anti-corporate left that can combat this threat to working people and immigrants...."
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By: Peter Ikeler
Socialist Alternative
"La Botz, a long-time labor activist, states: 'Working people make the country run. And working people - not the banks, corporations, and politicians - should run the country.'....These candidates deserve the support of all workers and young people as a step to building a left-wing anti-corporate pro-worker political movement. Furthermore, the recent rise of the right-wing Tea Party movement shows the dire need for an organized, anti-corporate left that can combat this threat to working people and immigrants...."
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
A Few More Choices
25 April 2010
The Ironton Tribune
"There is one socialist candidate running for statewide office in Ohio in the May primary. Daniel H. Labotz, a schoolteacher from Cincinnati, is seeking the U.S. Senate seat now held by George Voinovich, who is retiring...[According to the Socialist Party] Socialism will establish a new social and economic order in which workers and community members will take responsibility for and control of their interpersonal relationships, their neighborhoods, their local government, and the production and distribution of all goods and services...."
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The Ironton Tribune
"There is one socialist candidate running for statewide office in Ohio in the May primary. Daniel H. Labotz, a schoolteacher from Cincinnati, is seeking the U.S. Senate seat now held by George Voinovich, who is retiring...[According to the Socialist Party] Socialism will establish a new social and economic order in which workers and community members will take responsibility for and control of their interpersonal relationships, their neighborhoods, their local government, and the production and distribution of all goods and services...."
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Meet Dan La Botz: The Socialist Candidate for U.S. Senate from Ohio
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
21 April 2010
21 April 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Video of La Botz Campaign Presentation at Columbus, OH SP Meeting
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
19 April 2010
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19 April 2010
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Is the Two-Party poltical system doomed?
18 April 2010
By Robert L. Hanafin
Veterans Today Military and Foreign Affairs Journal
"We live today in a country where capitalism and the corporations provide the model for life: selfishness, competition, greed, and disdain for others. It's a poor model, violent, and destructive," Dan said. He believes that, "as a people should take collective, social control over the largest industries and corporations in our country. We should democratically elaborate a plan to use our wealth to provide a decent life for all. Most Americans, I believe, share this vision of a just society. We might make our nation one where we take care of each other, where we insure that all are taken care of. We might in that process, create a nation where one loved one's neighbor as one's self...."
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By Robert L. Hanafin
Veterans Today Military and Foreign Affairs Journal
"We live today in a country where capitalism and the corporations provide the model for life: selfishness, competition, greed, and disdain for others. It's a poor model, violent, and destructive," Dan said. He believes that, "as a people should take collective, social control over the largest industries and corporations in our country. We should democratically elaborate a plan to use our wealth to provide a decent life for all. Most Americans, I believe, share this vision of a just society. We might make our nation one where we take care of each other, where we insure that all are taken care of. We might in that process, create a nation where one loved one's neighbor as one's self...."
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Latino candidate forums educate both Latinos and the Candidates
16 April 2010
Arooj Ashraf
La Prensa (Ohio and Michigan)
"Running on a socialist party platform La Botz spoke passionately about equal access and opportunities for immigrants. 'I am very much in favor of immigration reform but it will not be won by candidates but by immigrants and their friends, so I urge you to use that power and unite unions,' he said. He supports reforming capitalistic corporations and banks to create a democratic socialist economy and taxing corporations to provide free quality education. La Botz said ending wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will reduce the budget deficit...."
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Arooj Ashraf
La Prensa (Ohio and Michigan)
"Running on a socialist party platform La Botz spoke passionately about equal access and opportunities for immigrants. 'I am very much in favor of immigration reform but it will not be won by candidates but by immigrants and their friends, so I urge you to use that power and unite unions,' he said. He supports reforming capitalistic corporations and banks to create a democratic socialist economy and taxing corporations to provide free quality education. La Botz said ending wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will reduce the budget deficit...."
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
La Botz for U.S. Senate Campaign Introductory Message
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)
14 April 2010
14 April 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
No Comprendo: Local Pols Court the Hispanic Vote
12 April 2010
By Frank Lewis
Cleveland Scene
"The only candidate who addressed the audience in fluent Spanish was Don La Botz, a Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senate who treated the crowd to a passionate, bilingual speech. (La Botz offered to speak exclusively in Spanish, but master of ceremonies Jose Feliciano told him to address the crowd in English)...."
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By Frank Lewis
Cleveland Scene
"The only candidate who addressed the audience in fluent Spanish was Don La Botz, a Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senate who treated the crowd to a passionate, bilingual speech. (La Botz offered to speak exclusively in Spanish, but master of ceremonies Jose Feliciano told him to address the crowd in English)...."
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Socialist for Senate
08 April 2010
Simone Landon
College Hill Independent
"Dan says people reacting to the attacks from the Right are starting to draw the conclusion, 'Well, maybe I'm a socialist. If I want health care, I guess I'm a socialist. If I think I ought to be able to go to school without having to give an arm and a leg, then maybe I'm a socialist. If I think I should have a job, then maybe I'm a socialist. If I think gay people should have the right to marry, maybe I'm a socialist...."
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Simone Landon
College Hill Independent
"Dan says people reacting to the attacks from the Right are starting to draw the conclusion, 'Well, maybe I'm a socialist. If I want health care, I guess I'm a socialist. If I think I ought to be able to go to school without having to give an arm and a leg, then maybe I'm a socialist. If I think I should have a job, then maybe I'm a socialist. If I think gay people should have the right to marry, maybe I'm a socialist...."
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Development for and of the People: Bank Bailout or Abolition?
05 April 2010
By Jesse Call
Streetvibes Newspaper (Cincinnati)
"These are not democratic processes anywhere," La Botz said. "We live in a society where banks rule. I think the banks and corporations which dominate our society are institutions that have outlived their time. We have to become the abolitionists of the corporations to become a democratic nation...."
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By Jesse Call
Streetvibes Newspaper (Cincinnati)
"These are not democratic processes anywhere," La Botz said. "We live in a society where banks rule. I think the banks and corporations which dominate our society are institutions that have outlived their time. We have to become the abolitionists of the corporations to become a democratic nation...."
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Ohio candidate for U.S. Senate, Buckeye Socialist Dan La Botz, offers vision for 'just society'
05 April 2010
By John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"Change in America will come as it always has - as it did in the creation of the industrial unions in the 1930s, as it did in the civil rights movements of the 1960s, as it did in the environmental movement of the 1970s, and as id did in the gay and lesbian movements of the 1980s, and the immigrant rights movement of the 1990s - through massive social protest and confrontations with authority. What is crucial is to provide the growing movements with a political alternative to escape the trap of the two-party system, to break and move beyond the Republicans and Democrats to a progressive alternative on the left...."
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By John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Examiner
"Change in America will come as it always has - as it did in the creation of the industrial unions in the 1930s, as it did in the civil rights movements of the 1960s, as it did in the environmental movement of the 1970s, and as id did in the gay and lesbian movements of the 1980s, and the immigrant rights movement of the 1990s - through massive social protest and confrontations with authority. What is crucial is to provide the growing movements with a political alternative to escape the trap of the two-party system, to break and move beyond the Republicans and Democrats to a progressive alternative on the left...."
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
La Botz Campaign Seeks Volunteer Campaign Coordinator
Dan La Botz
Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
23 March 2010
Dan La Botz, the Socialist Party candidate for US Senate in Ohio is looking for a volunteer to work as coordinator of his campaign. The position would last for four months and would involve the organization of speaking engagements, meetings, and other activities; work with volunteers and local committees; fund-raising; work with the media; the development of databases, listservs, e-mailings and e-social networks. Work would involve some travel in the state of Ohio. The coordinator would work under the direct supervision of La Botz and in coordination with local and state committees...
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Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
23 March 2010
Dan La Botz, the Socialist Party candidate for US Senate in Ohio is looking for a volunteer to work as coordinator of his campaign. The position would last for four months and would involve the organization of speaking engagements, meetings, and other activities; work with volunteers and local committees; fund-raising; work with the media; the development of databases, listservs, e-mailings and e-social networks. Work would involve some travel in the state of Ohio. The coordinator would work under the direct supervision of La Botz and in coordination with local and state committees...
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Maybe it's Time for a Troublemaker
15 March 2010
By Gregory Flannery
Streetvibes Newspaper (Cincinnati)
"Today the corporation, like slavery, is an institution that should be abolished. Closing a factory, destroying the economy of a town, is too important a decision to be in the hands 10 or 20 men. That is a decision society should make. Skilled tradesmen, factory workers, secretaries, electricians, millwrights, accountants advertising people - all of those people created that wealth, and that wealth should be seen as our common property...."
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By Gregory Flannery
Streetvibes Newspaper (Cincinnati)
"Today the corporation, like slavery, is an institution that should be abolished. Closing a factory, destroying the economy of a town, is too important a decision to be in the hands 10 or 20 men. That is a decision society should make. Skilled tradesmen, factory workers, secretaries, electricians, millwrights, accountants advertising people - all of those people created that wealth, and that wealth should be seen as our common property...."
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Join the Protests! Free Life-Long Education for All!
A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
3 March 2010
Today, on March 4, 2010, students and education workers throughout the United States will join in protests to demand a solution to the educational crisis facing this country. Their slogan is: “Resist, Mobilize, Transform.” We see in these protests the beginning of a movement to reform education and to transform our society...
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3 March 2010
Today, on March 4, 2010, students and education workers throughout the United States will join in protests to demand a solution to the educational crisis facing this country. Their slogan is: “Resist, Mobilize, Transform.” We see in these protests the beginning of a movement to reform education and to transform our society...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Dan La Botz, Cincinnati School Teacher, Socialist Party Candidate for US Senate in Ohio
Dan La Botz
Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
18 February 2010
(Published by the Cincinnati Beacon
Dan La Botz, a 64-year old Cincinnati school teacher, has filed petitions with the Ohio Secretary of State to become the candidate of the Socialist Party for the U.S. Senate. La Botz, who needed 500 signatures to get on the Socialist Party primary ballot, filed petitions with approximately 1,200 signatures on Thursday, Feb. 18. La Botz, a long time labor and social movement activist, is the candidate of the Socialist Party of Ohio which is the state organization of the Socialist Party USA...
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Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Senate (Ohio)
18 February 2010
(Published by the Cincinnati Beacon
Dan La Botz, a 64-year old Cincinnati school teacher, has filed petitions with the Ohio Secretary of State to become the candidate of the Socialist Party for the U.S. Senate. La Botz, who needed 500 signatures to get on the Socialist Party primary ballot, filed petitions with approximately 1,200 signatures on Thursday, Feb. 18. La Botz, a long time labor and social movement activist, is the candidate of the Socialist Party of Ohio which is the state organization of the Socialist Party USA...
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