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January 4, 2008
"How can you have a debate if you don't have a voice to challenge all the others?"--Dennis Kucinich
Presidential nominee Dennis J. Kucinich is a sixth-term Democratic Congressman serving the 10th district of
Ohio, which comprises much of western Cleveland and its adjoining suburbs.
First elected to the House of
Representatives in 1996, he sits on the Education and Labor Committee and is chairman of the Domestic Policy
Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. A member of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus, Kucinich previously ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000 and 2004. Now more than ever, he sees a split in the Democratic constituency and the leaders to which each side is drawn, as he explains to Bill Moyers in his interview:
We have two cultures here. One which is the emerging culture of information technology that's Internet-based. And the other one is the more conventional TV technology which is coming to a clash. And I think they reflect some political trends in this country that maybe aren't getting too much attention. But they are gonna have an impact.
Kucinich served twice as an official U.S. delegate to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change. In
2003, he received the Gandhi Peace Award from Promoting Enduring Peace. Additionally, he has been honored by
the Cleveland AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Friends of the Earth, the
Salvation Army, the Human Rights Campaign, Public Citizen for his work in office. Guest photo by Robin Holland
Published on January 4, 2008
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