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Roberto Lovato: McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico
In the jubilation around the sensational release of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages from the FARC guerillas in Colombia, it's easy to ignore Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba. But with her reddened brown eyes bubbling with tears she tries to contain, Cordoba provides a unique view into the... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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An Open Convention in August Protects Democracy
As reported by Marc Armbinder, at a meeting of Hillary’s fundraisers last Thursday, Senator Obama was asked if he would accept a roll call vote at the ... Full Article At No Quarter
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Steve Anderson: When in the Course of human events
Compared to most politicians today, the guys who wrote this, which started our whole experiment in Democracy, were fire-breathing radicals. Today, it would be a good idea for all Americans to read this. It only takes about 5 minutes, and it contains... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Greg Mitchell: ACLU Releases Shocking Report on Civilian Deaths in Iraq
For nearly five years, I have been charting the civilian death toll in Iraq, along with the payment (and non-payment) of "condolence" and "solatia" funds to victims and survivors. Today brings a shocking report from the American Civil Liberties Union that... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Two at a Time: Saving the Dems and GOP with One Vote
The Far Left Wing forces of the Democratic Party have raided our wagons, are taking the reins and are attempting to leave without us. However, we Pumas are encircling the wagons, determined to prevent the theft of our Party, our principles and... Full Article At No Quarter
New Russian President: U.S. In No Position To Dish Out Advice
Russia's new president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, less swaggering than his predecessor but as touchy about criticism from abroad, said in an interview that an America in "essentially a depression" was in no position to lecture other countries on how to conduct their affairs. With soaring oil revenues... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Jerry Weinstein: Social Media Is The Future of Politics . . . and Independence!
Lessons from Personal Democracy Forum, The "Davos of Technology": While the RIAA and MPAA have been frequent whipping boys in any Debate on the failure of Big Media to embrace change in a timely fashion... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler: Artificial Dissemination
Review of The Kingmakers: How the Media Threatens Our Security and Our Democracy. By Mike Gravel and David Eisenbach. Phoenix Books. 204 pp. $25... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
The World's 10 Happiest and Most Miserable Countries
A new study on global happiness puts Denmark at the top of the list. The study factored in economic grown, Democracy, and social tolerance. According to CNN, "researchers at the University of ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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How America Chooses its Leaders: What Brazilians Need to Know
As anyone who regularly visits the Moderate Voice or WORLDMEETS.US knows by now, the world’s attention is riveted on the U.S. Election campaign. And in every nation, different lessons - some of them cautionary - are being drawn. Writing for Brazil... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
Obama Responds To FISA Group On His Web Site
For the first time, Barack Obama has publicly addressed the group that was formed on his Web site to urge him to change his position on the FISA cave-in bill. ... Full Article At The American Prospect Election Central
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Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Just Democracy
This July 4, lets put Election reform on the agenda. Are you a pro-Democracy patriot? I am. Like millions of Americans, I experienced a surge of hope after the most nationally inclusive race for a... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Consider becoming a Poll Worker
For those of us gripped by a concern that Democracy is fragile and at risk here in the US here is a path towards restoring faith in government of the people and by the people. We Want You…to be a ... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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John Feffer: Can We Rescue Democracy from the Right?
Reposted from Foreign Policy In Focus Back in the 1980s, it seemed the right thing to do. Groups were emerging in Eastern Europe that were just saying no to the Cold War, to the human rights abuses of their governments, to the stultifying lack... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Jeanine Molloff: The Character Issue, FISA and The Constitution
Recently Chris Hedges wrote an article in Truthout entitled: The Corporate State and the Subversion of Democracy. Hedges described the systematic, de facto dismantling of the US Constitution, stemming... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Speaking of our famously free press...
Michigan Messenger : A media study by the progressive think tank Center for American Progress found that though more people are turning to the web for news — a trend that we... Full Article At Corrente
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NPR Videoblog With Arianna: 'Looking At The Future Of E-Politics'
Blogs, online commentators and viral videos have shaped the Debate in the current Election season. But "e-politics" still faces at least one major obstacle: Internet access. Last week in ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Some Groups Go Easy on Obama for Opting Out
The decision by Barack Obama to opt out of public financing for his general Election campaign — the first major-party presidential candidate to do so in the program’s 32-year history... Full Article At CQ Politics
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Stephen Zunes: Washington's Hypocrisy Over African Dictatorships
Reposted from Foreign Policy In Focus The Bush administration has justifiably criticized the Zimbabwean regime of liberator-turned-dictator Robert Mugabe. It has joined a unanimous UN Security Council resolution condemning the campaign of violence... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Larisa Alexandrovna: The far-right's patriotism problem...
Jonah Goldberg continues to demonstrate how the right-wing is manipulating public discourse in order to confuse and conflate patriotism with rabid nationalism . Make no mistake, this is a coordinated effort to deliberately replace substance with its symbol, meaning with an emblem, and essentially strip... Full Article At HuffingtonPost