Nov. 4: A Victory for the Left in the San Francisco Mayoral Election?

FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left
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The complete story of the historical November 4, San Francisco Mayoral Election. The election where the left has a shot at winning the first major victory in one of the most important political and urban centers of the US.

ARTICLES ON MATT GONZALEZ, THE CANDIDATE OF THE BROAD LEFT:

* Matt: Why I'm running
The candidate of the Green Party and the Broad Left explains why he took on the establishment.

* What Matt Stands for? Progressive Economics, Radical Democracy, Social Justice

* Matt on Building the Movement, Party, Elections and Candidates

ARTICLES ON OTHER CANDIDATES AND ISSUES:

* Who is Gavin Newsom? The danger of corporate welfare, anti-poor legislation, and City's chaos and ungovernability Gavin Newsom is the favorite among a pack of candidates favored by big businesses and the local Democratic Party machine.

* Why and How Tom Ammiano Lost his Thunder...
The former standard bearer of the Democratic Party's left rapidly moving to the center, left behind the left, trade unions, tenants and immigrants.

* San Francisco Mayoral Political Dictionary 101
Why neo-liberals, liberals and even right wingers feel obliged to call themselves "progressives" in San Francisco?

* Will Willie Brown and the political machine be gone on November 4? Is it just the man or is it the machinery?

* Which Mayoral Candidates are willing to Support Democracy? The Right to Vote for Non-Citizens.

WHAT'S LEFT?

* 2003 SF Mayoral Election: The Betrayal and Lies of the Bay Guardian and Bruce Brugman How and why the most liberal commercial weekly in town betrayed its own staff and readers and endorsed a center-right millionaire for mayor.

* Why are the CP, CofC, ISO and WWP not supporting a left victory in the SF Mayoral election? And what the heck does that alphabet soup mean, anyway?

* SF Greens Mayoral forum: Democrats, Demo-Greens, Greens... The story of how the Democratic Party infiltrated the Greens and why.

* Matt Gonzalez got the overwhelming nod from Green Party, Demogreens routed... How the local Greens beat back the Democratic Party attempts to destroy it. Maybe is a lesson there that others may learn.

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