Letter from Lynne
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An appeal of Lynne Stewart’s lengthened sentence is set for 8 a.m., Feb. 29, at the federal courthouse at New York’s Foley Square. There will be an all-night rally for Lynne in the square, starting at 7 p.m. Information: (917) 853-9759.
A fter the disaster in July 2010, when Judge Koeltl, fol Blowing the directives of the Second Circuit increased my sentence from 28 months to 10 years, our righteous indignation fueled this appeal. The government’s argument will center on my testimony at trial and the alleged perjury. All of those facts were before the court at the time of the 28-month sentence and were not the basis then of a doubledigit sentence.
Our brief attacks the increased sentence on two differ ent fronts—one on a doctrine of “substantive unreason ... Third party?
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newly formed Justice Party, is a former Democrat and two-term mayor of Salt Lake City. The Greens have yet to choose a candidate.
What matters most, when we consider the Greens, or a candidate like Anderson, is the role of political pro gram. Anderson’s campaign, for instance, offers a vari ety of financial and economic reforms but not the type of fundamental change that must be enacted to ad dress the economic crisis. He focuses on tax cuts and incentives to businesses who “hire U.S. workers and disincentives to those that don’t; splitting up too big to fail banks; and he opposes hiring ex-financial execu tives as advisors to the president on economic policy.”
Tax policy and breaking up big banks ultimately are not the solutions. The banks and financial institutions will still exert control over the economy and politics.
Socialists argue instead for the nationalization of the banks and the Fortune 500 under workers’ con trol. Capitalism is the problem, and trying to make it better, or more humane, is fruitless.
Anderson’s campaign statement promises an end to the wars of the Bush-Obama administrations, support for universal health care (while laying out no specif ics), support for the environment, and for LGBT rights and gay marriage. He says little, however, about the massive assault on civil liberties under Obama, includ ing the NDAA and crack-downs on the occupy move ment.