New leftist movement is born

[sharonbn]

Attila Somfalvi
Published: 11.14.08, 14:10 / Israel News

Former Labor politicians and Israeli intellectuals announced the establishment of a new left-wing movement meant to support Meretz.

The founding event held in Tel Aviv on Friday included figures such as author Amos Oz, Uzi Baram, Tzali Reshef, Gliad Sher, Abraham Burg and Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer.

Members of the new movement said it was meant to fill the vacuum that has been created in Israel's political arena. Former Labor Minister Uzi Baram said, "Labor has been regressing for some years now, and not just because of Ehud Barak.

"This is an attempt to establish a new left-wing movement, and while Meretz is the central component and we are still contemplating the matter of the name, we are not here to join Meretz, but to set up a new alternative. Clearly, the public weakness and collapse of the Labor party makes this possible."

Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer said the party's goal was "to create a social and democratic movement that will appeal to anyone in the Right or the Left." And Chaim Oron added, "Our goal is to fill the vacuum that was created in the political arena's left."

Sources involved in the establishment of the new movement said a poll was carried out last week to examine the public's attitude towards Meretz and the new movement.

According to advertising agent Dror Sternshos, "The Labor party is collapsing and Kadima is an eclectic collection of people. The brand name Meretz has a good image, but there are still some possibilites."

Sternshos added that the new movement had the potential to win over many Labor and Kadima voters, as well as young first-time voters.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...623058,00.html

[bararallu]

It's always a wonder to see a thing like a black hole being born.

[Yala]

The brand name Meretz has a good image

???

[Justcurious]

Let us see, if they come up with a new working week. The Soviet Union had an 8-day working week during Lenin's time.

[NewsGuy]

let us see, if they come up with a new working week. The soviet union had an 8-day working week during lenin's time.

LOL!

[bararallu]

Let us see, if they come up with a new working week. The Soviet Union had an 8-day working week during Lenin's time.

The Soviet Union also apparently looked into breading gorillas and men to make super soldiers. The Soviet Union had it's own form of marxist evolutionary theory deriding Darwinism as a capitalist invention. There were many such glorious innovations in the Soviet Union. We had a television that had so much steel in it that it survived a fall from a 3rd story apartment window. The picture was I think worse before it came back with a small dent. The small parked car that it hit on it's way down was completely obliterated however.

[redcake]

So we can add the word "New" right beside "Change" and "Peace" for words that have been inverted and rendered meaningless. Repackage and rebrand.

[bararallu]

Talk about re-brand. It's pathetic that Bibi lifted Obamas campaign website.

[NewsGuy]

Talk about re-brand. It's pathetic that Bibi lifted Obamas campaign website.

Gives new meaning to 'Yes we can!'

[bararallu]

Gives new meaning to 'Yes we can!'

It doesn't bode well. 0 originality.

[redcake]

Speaking of which, that phrase originated by the United Farm Workers,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SÃÂ_se_puede
The phrase was also the slogan for a Phillies team in the mid 70's, and a similar rallying cry was used during a recent Governor campaign in Mass.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS...ick/index.html
There's also canning company that uses "Yes we can" that brought suit against Obama as well.

I think Bibi's on to something.

[bararallu]

Speaking of which, that phrase originated by the United Farm Workers,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SÃÂ_se_puede

Given the horrendous Union situation in Israel, echoing unions past is probably a wise idea. Still, it's really unoriginal. I mean what does the Likud stand for? It has been co-oped in a narrative of it's own undoing. This is the time to differentiate with past failure. For one, the Fakes don't want any starting conditions in negotiating, we should agree with that wholeheartedly.

[KiwiWriter]

Speaking of which, that phrase originated by the United Farm Workers,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SÃÂ_se_puede
The phrase was also the slogan for a Phillies team in the mid 70's, and a similar rallying cry was used during a recent Governor campaign in Mass.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS...ick/index.html
There's also canning company that uses "Yes we can" that brought suit against Obama as well.

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It's also the catch phrase for Bob the Builder (Children's TV character from the UK)