Mexicans Say No to Oil Privatization
More than 90 percent of the voters in the seven Mexican states that participated on Sunday in the second stage of the referendum on oil in Mexico, rejected privatization of PEMEX, the country's publicly-owned oil company.
The Cover-up of the Impeachment Coverage
A 7/31/08 report by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) shows even the most token coverage of the impeachment hearings as receiving no respect: “CNN's Election Center program devoted a July 25 report to mocking a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee investigating White House abuses of power....
Laborers Work to Elect Barack Obama
Daily blogs at the AFL-CIO's site that expose McCain's plan to continue George W. Bush's policies on outsourcing jobs, an unending occupation of Iraq, privatizing Social Security, taxing health care benefits, and more oil drilling combine with the McCain Revealed campaign and the Meet Barack Obama to help educate union members and their families on the issues.
The Truth About John McCain
The truth about John McCain is not very pretty. You can start with the Iraq War, when he made the flippant comment that “as far as I’m concerned, we could be in there for 100 years.” The peace movement has been fighting for a timeline.
Which Way? A PA Interview with Michael Albert
My feeling is exactly what I write in the article, which is to say, I am very hopeful, but I lack sufficient information to be more than hopeful. I wasn't saying that only others need more information, though many other people do, of course.
Activists Demand Investigation of Wal-Mart's Pro-McCain Policy
Union activists affiliated with the WakeUpWalMart.com campaign circulated a petition this week via e-mail demanding the Federal Election Commission investigate whether Wal-Mart has violated federal election laws.
Are You Registered?: Obama and Civic Participation
Critics of US politics often cite low voter participation as a sign of political backwardness, massive alienation from the process, and the lack of an appeal by the major party platforms to ordinary working Americans. Barack Obama wants to change all that.
Media Fall for John McCain's 'Race Card' Spin
Corporate media have been absurdly receptive to the McCain campaign's charge that Barack Obama 'played the race card' by predicting that his opponents in the presidential race would try to use his race against him.
The “Bridge” in the Coup: the IRI in Venezuela
Yesterday morning, following a massive protest in Washington, D.C., George Bush resigned from his post as President of the United States of America. Though several major media outlets have claimed the resignation was a response to the public’s call for his resignation...
