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The Truth About the Green Party What happened to the Green Party? Where is the alternative to the Republican/Democrat duopoly? The answer is complicated. This article goes a long way to explaining What Happened, What Is, and What Could Be.
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Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 5:21pm PDT
Our work together, after Katrina Hurricane Katrina exposed the deep poverty and racism that remains in our country.
It showed that the President failed to deliver on his central promise—to keep us
safe. But more broadly, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that a right-wing "sink or
swim" ideology is a disaster for America....
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 10:16am PDT
Mubarak wins Egypt’s stage-managed presidential election Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won another six-year term in office September 7, with 88.6 percent of the total vote. The lop-sided result reflected the carefully orchestrated nature of the campaign, which Mubarak instigated in order to give his dictatorial regime a “democratic” gloss. Despite evidence of large-scale electoral fraud and intimidation, the Bush administration welcomed the vote as a positive step towards democracy....
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 4:57am PDT
9/16 - 9/18 :: live stream from Chiapas :: "The Other Campaign" (audio/x-mpegurl 0.0KB) This weekend, Indymedia Chiapas is producing a radio stream from the last meeting in the series that the EZLN has been holding with civil society over the past month....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 5:00pm PDT
These Are the People that the Government Abandoned... Powerful words of survival, struggle and spirituality from Hurricane Katrina Survivors filled the First Congregational Church in Oakland last Saturday. "He was our Moses", they cried, standing together, bodies swaying slowly back and forth as if to carry their weary souls through and out of the tragedies they had seen. Their eyes were staring straight ahead - skin the color of the earth - holding hands that had held struggle, had brought forth life and had carried humanity to safety...
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 6:26am PDT
As death toll in New Orleans mounts: What is the meaning of Bush’s “responsibility?” By Bill Van Auken
15 September 2005...
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 3:05pm PDT
Ralph Nader's Questions for John Roberts 
Ask Roberts: Should the rule of law broaden democracy at the expense of giant corporations?
Written by Ralph Nader
Tuesday, 13 September 2005...
Posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2005 2:08pm PDT
Roberts Testifies Roe v. Wade is "Settled As a Precedent" But Refuses to Say More Chief Justice nominee John Roberts declined to say on Tuesday if he would reverse the long-standing decision legalizing abortion, but said he believed the Constitution accorded Americans the right to privacy, which is the key underpinning of Roe v. Wade. We speak with the president of the National Organization for Women....
Posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2005 7:22am PDT
Roberts Grilled on Voting Rights Act Chief Justice nominee John Roberts was grilled on a number of contentious issues on the second day of his Senate confirmation hearing, including abortion, civil rights, women's rights and education. We play excerpts of the hearing....
Posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2005 7:20am PDT
Senate Dems Call For Open Questioning of Roberts During the opening day of confirmation hearings of John Roberts as chief justice, Democrats repeatedly said all questions to the nominee were fair game, including about issues such as abortion and civil rights. Republicans encouraged Roberts not to answer questions about his views on controversial topics. We play excerpts of the hearing....
Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 8:16am PDT
Laurence Tribe’s paean to Rehnquist: a liberal pays tribute to reaction Of the many hymns sung in praise of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist since his September 3 death, none was more obsequious than that penned by Harvard law professor Laurence H. Tribe for the New York Times....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 9:17pm PDT
FEMA Director Brown's Resume Full Of Lies When President Bush nominated Michael Brown to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2003, Brown's boss at the time, Joe Allbaugh, declared, "the President couldn't have chosen a better man to help...prepare and protect the nation." But how well was he prepared for the job? Since Hurricane Katrina, the FEMA director has come under heavy criticism for his performance and scrutiny of his background. Now, an investigation by TIME has found discrepancies in his online l...
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 8:43pm PDT
Cheney Visits MS After Halliburton Awarded $12M for Reconstruction in Gulfport We get a report from Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill on Halliburton's role in reconstruction in the Gulf area, plus a survey of the current situation in New Orleans....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 7:25am PDT
Bush rejects responsibility in Hurricane Katrina disaster The Bush administration’s response to the social disaster unfolding in Louisiana and Mississippi is to deny any responsibility for the horrifying conditions facing more than one million people. White House officials, from Bush on down, have rejected all criticism of the federal government’s failure to prepare before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast or respond adequately afterwards....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:54am PDT
Go Fuck Yourself Mr. Vice President! 
While Cheney spoke, a passer-by hurled an expletive at the vice president. 'First time I've heard it,' Cheney said...
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 12:30am PDT
Inside a FEMA Detainment Camp 
I just got back from a FEMA Detainment Camp...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 5:41pm PDT
FEMA Chief Brown: Former head of the Arabian Horse Association Qualified to Manage Agency We speak with Judd Legum from the Center of American Progress about FEMA's role in handling the catastrophe in the wake of hurricane Katrina. As the fallout from Hurricane Katrina continues, more is being revealed about FEMA's role in handling the catastrophe and the qualifications of the people in charge of the agency. Michael Brown heads FEMA and his official title is Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response. President Bush merged the agency with the Depa...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 7:59am PDT
NEO ORLEANS TRAGEDY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BONANZA FOR BUSH &Co. Don't let the result of 4 years of neglect turns to an economic and political bonanza for Bush & Co.! Republican pundits, public relation firms and embedded corporate media publicists are already changing the debate about dereliction of duty of Bush administration and its years of neglect in providing the necessary fund for the repair of the levees into a photo opportunity session for the administration officials to present themselves as crusaders for health and welfare of citizens of Neo Orl...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 8:55pm PDT
Criminal Negligence Started at the Top: Firing Mike Brown is Not Enough Firing Mike Brown is Not Enough...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 6:47am PDT
FEMA On August 29th: First Responders Urged Not To Respond Release Date: August 29, 2005
Release Number: HQ-05-174
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response and head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), today urged all fire and emergency services departments not to respond to counties and states affected by Hurricane Katrina without being requested and lawfully dispatched by state and local authorities under mutual aid agreements and the Emergency Management Assis...
Posted: Mon, Sep 5, 2005 10:42pm PDT
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