A bunch of progressives including Medea Benjamin,
Peter Coyote,
Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden, Michael Lerner,
Robert McChesney, and
Norman Solomon have issued an
open letter calling for progressives to vote for Kerry in swing states and to vote for Green Party candidate
David Cobb in safe states (a list is being kept at
www.swing04.com.
Norman Solomon earlier wrote about why he changed his registration from "decline to state" to Green.
A few swing state resources: Swing State Project, Driving Votes, Michael Moore's swing state page, indyvoter.org, NYT electoral map
The open letter begins:
There is no greater political imperative this year than to retire the Bush regime, one of the most dangerous and extremist in U.S. history. As people dedicated to peace, economic justice, equality, sustainability and constitutional freedoms, we are committed to defeating Bush.
The only candidate who can win instead of Bush in November is John Kerry. We want Kerry to replace Bush, because a Kerry administration would be less dangerous in many crucial areas, including militarism, civil liberties, civil rights, judicial appointments, reproductive rights and environmental protection.
But while helping Kerry-Edwards defeat Bush-Cheney, we don't want to endorse Kerry positions that are an insult to various causes we support, including movements for global justice and peace that have burgeoned in recent years. Indeed, we want to communicate to Kerry and the world that we oppose many of his policies, including some that are barely distinguishable from Bush policies...