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Category Archives: DEMOCRACY
Cornel West: The Obama and Bush Administrations – Very Little Concern For The Poor
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Will Sit / Lie Stand?
Check out this map that allows us to see which neighborhoods voted in favor of Prop L, the Sit-Lie Law. People in the Haight voted NO, even though perception is that the proposition was generated from that neighborhood. This was … Continue reading
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Who Will Stand Up to the Superrich?
By FRANK RICH THE NEW YORK TIMES IN the aftermath of the Great Democratic Shellacking of 2010, one election night subplot quickly receded into the footnotes: the drubbing received by very wealthy Americans, most of them Republican, who tried to … Continue reading
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A Recipe for Fascism
By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Justice Alito: My fundraising for conservative causes is ‘not important’
By Eric W. Dolan THE RAW STORY The Supreme Court is the final guardian of our liberties, and Judge Alito has shown that he lacks the dedication to that commitment Supreme Court Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. said his involvement … Continue reading
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How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
By TIMOTHY EGAN NEW YORK TIMES If I were one of the big corporate donors who bankrolled the Republican tide that carried into office more than 50 new Republicans in the House, I would be wary of what you just … Continue reading
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I REMEMBER, SO I’M VOTING
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Voter Intimidation At McDonald’s: Employees Told That, Unless Republicans Win, They Won’t Get Raises Or Benefits
By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — There may be something rotten at McDonald’s — and it’s not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a handbill in employees’ paychecks that threatened lower wages … Continue reading
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Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
By Laura Sullivan NPR Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. “The gentleman that’s the main … Continue reading
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