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textCongressman Wants Stiff Immigration Policies to Keep Muslims Out of Congress by New American Media (reposted)
MINNEAPOLIS – Virginia Congressman, Virgil Goode, linked Rep.-elect Keith Ellison’s plan to use the Quran in his private swearing-in ceremony, to the rise of illegal immigration in the U.S. It’s the latest twist to what’s become the most intriguing political rollercoaster of the season....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 6:45am PST
textDemocrats take control of Congress with pledge to work with Bush by wsws (reposted)
The Senate and the House of Representatives reconvened in Washington Thursday under Democratic Party control, the first time that the Democrats have held the leadership of both houses of Congress in 12 years. Democrat Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House by a party-line vote of 233 to 202, while Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada was elected Majority Leader of the Senate....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 6:36am PST
textBrookings Institution preview of the Democratic Congress: Snapshot of an establishment in crisis by wsws (reposted)
The Brookings Institution, the Democratic-leaning think tank that has long been a mainstay of the Washington establishment, held a panel discussion Wednesday on the subject “The First 100 Hours: A Preview of the New Congress and its Agenda.”...
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 6:35am PST
textNDP rallies to the defence of Canadian imperialism by wsws (reposted)
Canada’s nominally social-democratic New Democratic Party (NDP) has in recent months made a concerted effort to paint itself as an opponent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) mission in Afghanistan, hoping that widespread anti-war sentiment among the Canadian population—and opposition to the Afghanistan intervention in particular—will redound to its electoral benefit....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 6:33am PST
textFrance indicts president of Rwanda by wsws (reposted)
Almost 13 years after the genocide that engulfed the central African state of Rwanda, the spark that triggered the massacres remains a topic of much controversy....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 6:33am PST
textPlaying with Fire: America and the Dollar Illusion by Gabor Steingart
Greed triumphed over fear for a few years-but then fear came back. The govt must do whatever it can to put an end to the growing disparity between imports and exports. The only way to fight a weak dollar is to strengthen it. The crash can be deferred, but not stopped....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 5:08am PST
textDIY Impeachment! by Rich Ghost Wolf
Tired of waiting for impeachment action groups that don't deliver? Sick of hearing the pundits drone on about impeachment? Well, stew no longer...DIRECT ACTION is in order! It's said that a march of a hundred miles begins with one step...and YOU can help start the impeachment process YOURSELF....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 2:41pm PST
textAnd the Name-Bashing of Barack Obama Begins … by Paul Hogarth, Beyond Chron (reposted)
When the Mark Foley pedophile scandal hit Republicans last October, Fox News came up with a deeply cynical method of damage control – it labeled Foley as a Democrat on its various news shows. On January 1st, CNN made a similar mistake of a dubious nature -- one that foreshadows the demonization of the Democratic Party’s rising star and a likely presidential candidate in 2008....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:54am PST
textDespite Greater Prominence on Congressional Committees, African American Lawmakers Pressured to Curb Initiatives by Democracy Now (reposted)
The new Congress will elevate more black lawmakers to positions of power than ever before - four African Americans are likely to head committees and up to 20 are expected to lead subcommittees. But black lawmakers are already facing pressure from the Democratic leadership to hold back on pushing an agenda sought by traditional party allies. We speak with Ron Walters, Director of the African American Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland and advisory chair to the Congressional Bla...
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:51am PST
textWith Control of Congress, Incoming Democrats Set to Elect Nancy Pelosi as 1st Female House by Democracy Now (reposted)
Congress reconvenes today with Democrats in control of both chambers for the first time in 12 years. In the House, Democrats are set to officially elect Nancy Pelosi to become the first woman ever to run the House. Pelosi has already outlined an ambitious plan for the Democrats’ first 100 hours in power. We get analysis from San Francisco Chronicle Washington bureau chief Marc Sandalow....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:50am PST
textCanada’s antidemocratic “national security certificates” and the impotence of official liberalism by wsws (reposted)
Mohammad Mahjoub, Mahmoud Jaballah, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat and Adil Charkaoui have a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads in the form of a “national security certificate” issued by the Canadian government....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:47am PST
textFormer separatist wins governorship in Indonesian province of Aceh by wsws (reposted)
Elections for governor and officials in 21 local districts in Indonesia’s province of Aceh have resulted in victories for candidates associated with the former separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM). The poll was part of a deal, brokered in the wake of the December 2004 tsunami that devastated the province, to end three decades of fighting and bring GAM into the political mainstream....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:42am PST
textSolomon Islands’ government dismisses Australian police chief by wsws (reposted)
The Solomon Islands’ government of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare effectively dismissed Shane Castles, the country’s Australian police commissioner, on December 27. Castles, who had taken leave in Australia, was barred from returning to the Solomons, and the government has since issued advertisements to find a new police commissioner....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:41am PST
textKevin Keating of "Giuliani Time" on democracy now by Democracy now (repost)
AMY GOODMAN: Our guests are Wayne Barrett and Kevin Keating. Wayne Barrett has written his second book on Giuliani, Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11. Kevin Keating has done a film called Giuliani Time, which we're going to play an excerpt of. Kevin Keating, can you link this to the investigation you did in this film, the now explosive new battle plans memo that the New York Daily News got a copy of?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 3:55pm PST
textDellums inaugural by Oakland voter
Lobbyist Ron Dellums has gotten off to a shaky start as Mayor. His staff only recently found out he had to be sworn in by the first monday of January. Since that was a holiday, he was sworn in last friday, then took a few more days off! He didn't show for work on Tuesday Jan. 2 and has been pretty much invisible since elected in June....
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 10:22am PST
textStained Glass and Strained Egos: MAUREEN DOWD ; Fox on Bush: He snorts, the coke decides by MAUREEN DOWD - The New York Times
DOWD: The man who ushered out one long national nightmare ushered in another, the one we're living in now. THE COMPLETE ARTICLE AND MORE...
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 9:32am PST
textRudy Giuliani's Secret Presidential Campaign Plan is Revealed by Democracy Now (reposted)
Journalist Wayne Barrett, author of "Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11," and filmmaker Kevin Keating ("Giuliani Time") discuss Giuliani's run for president and his handling of the 9/11 attacks....
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 7:14am PST
textFord’s funeral: the hollow pomp of a corrupt and crisis-ridden establishment by wsws (reposted)
Sandwiched as it was between the obscene televised assassination-by-hanging of Saddam Hussein and the dismal although expected news of the 3,000th US soldier dying in Iraq, the attempts by Washington’s political establishment and its servants in the corporate media to generate a wave of patriotic feeling with the funeral of former President Gerald Ford fell flat....
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 7:07am PST
textSay NO To Bush's Last Stand by Custer's Last Stand
IMPEACH or SECEDE...
Posted: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 8:10pm PST
textZapatista communities with the people of the world in Oventik, Chiapas, México. by zap
summary of the work table at the meeting of Zapatista communities with the people of the world in Oventik, Chiapas, México....
Posted: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 4:04pm PST
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