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Halimi: Us Presidential Election Special Dossier
Znet Article, October, 05 2008
Serge Halimi
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How could the Republicans boast about their liberal values and their record in government when public funds are currently being used to fill the black hole created by US banks? Most Americans are in sour mood, as rising energy prices reduce their ...
Street: The Obama Phenomenon: An Interview with Paul Street by Adam Burke and Little Village*
Znet Article, October, 04 2008
Paul Street
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I figured Obama was a leading future presidential candidate after the Keynote Address – a very conservative speech. Once Kerry lost I considered that Obama would be irresistible for 2008 to certain sections of the power elite and much of the despe...
Raptis: Palin: The Alaskan Taliban
Commentary, September, 27 2008
Nikos Raptis
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The core characteristic of a Taliban is that he is a professional religious "believer". That is, he makes a living by pretending that he "believes" in paradise, etc. The core characteristic of Sarah Palin is that she is a professional religious "b...
Street: Profiles in Cowardice and Corruption: Why McCain and Obama are United in Weakness on the Financial Crisis
Znet Article, September, 25 2008
Paul Street
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The nation’s financial system is in the middle of a colossal crisis caused by massive fraud, idiocy, and greed at the upper reaches of the banking, insurance, and real estate industries. The arch-plutocratic Bush administration and Federal Reserv...
Billet: Militant Entertainment
Znet Article, September, 24 2008
Alexander Billet
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Watching the Democratic and Republican National Conventions each election year is a lot like sitting through a festival of Elvis impersonators. There is guaranteed to be plenty of flash, plenty of slick moves and smooth voices, plenty of nostalgi...
Hayden: Obama-McCain Debate
Znet Article, September, 24 2008
Tom Hayden
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Talking points for activists foreign and national security policy...
Bennis: US Militarism Rising as Elections Loom
Commentary, September, 24 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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As we prepare for the post-election and post-inauguration periods we know, whoever wins, four more years of protest, mobilization, and political pressure will be required.
Baker: Slinging Mud to Hide the Real Dirt
Znet Article, September, 18 2008
Dean Baker
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The McCain-Palin ticket has developed an interesting campaign strategy. They don't want the public to see their plans to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, and the system of employer-provided health care. To distract people from these policies t...
Hayden: Key Task: Isolate and Divide the Right
Znet Article, September, 18 2008
Tom Hayden
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A principle reason for Progressives For Obama is so that we can say things that the Obama campaign cannot or will not say.
Street: One Heartbeat Away: Reflections on the Palin Nomination
Commentary, September, 17 2008
Paul Street
Street's ZSpace page
John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate is one of the most transparently crass and cynical moves in United States political history.
Goodman: The Party Police
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Amy Goodman
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The Democratic and Republican national conventions have passed, but controversy surrounds how they were funded and how they were run. Mass arrests of peaceful protesters, excessive police violence, wholesale disregard for the Bill of Rights and th...
Street: The Democrats, Obama, and the White Working Class
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Paul Street
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Working class white people – critical to the outcome of the 2008 presidential election – are often more complex than many middle-class observers know.
Wise: This is Your Nation on White Privilege
Commentary, September, 14 2008
Tim Wise
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White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every fami...
Lendman: Vying to Be Toughest
Znet Article, September, 11 2008
Stephen Lendman
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Ignoring public sentiment, both party nominees stress "national security" and face off on who's toughest on "terrorism." For 2009, expect more of the same. A continued right wing agenda. Bigger budgets for militarism. Police state repression for e...
Cohn: A Palin Theocracy
Znet Article, September, 11 2008
Marjorie Cohn
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John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate has invigorated a lackluster campaign. The media can’t stop talking about her. Given McCain’s age and state of health (his medical file was nearly 1,200 pages long), Pali...
Klein: New Orleans: The City That Won't Be Ignored
Znet Article, September, 08 2008
Naomi Klein
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The early results are in: Hurricane Gustav has helped John McCain's bid for the White House. This is nothing short of incredible.
Schechter: Won't Be Politically High In The Mile-High City
Commentary, September, 07 2008
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
New York: The first convention I remember was way back in l952. I was at a summer colony, and I watched it on a black and white TV in the company of fellow day camper, Jeff Greenfield. It was the year of "I LIKE IKE," and I was not really clued in...
Solomon: Beyond the Conventions
Commentary, September, 06 2008
Norman Solomon
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With varying degrees of confidence or even complacency, many people have assumed that the jig is almost up for the horrendous political era that began when George W. Bush became president. Always dubious, the assumption is now on very shaky ground.
Prashad: Clemente Interview, Vice Presidential Candidate of the Green Party
Commentary, September, 05 2008
Vijay Prashad
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Rosa Clemente, 35, is the vice presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States. Clemente, who is Puerto Rican, was born in the South Bronx, New York, and educated at the University of Albany and at Cornell University. A vibrant com...
