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BOOKREVIEW: Failed States
August 18, 2006Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy By Noam Chomsky Henry Holt and Co. Metropolitan Books Hardcover, 320 pages, $24.00 A “failed state” is a condition of state dilapidation, when a state...
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Ending the occupation, the 2006 elections, and tactics
August 18, 2006The pressure for troop withdrawal is growing, so much so that earlier this summer Democrats introduced two resolutions in the Senate. One, authored by Senator Kerry, envisions a short exit strategy and a role for the...
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Katrina and the ballot box
August 18, 2006Despite President Bush’s slick rhetoric and smooth promises, New Orleans remains stricken one year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Block after block of the Lower Ninth Ward are empty of residents, the houses engulfed by...
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Calif. heat wave kills 141, mainly poor
August 11, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California heat wave last month killed more people than either the Northridge earthquake of 1994, the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 or the wildfires of 2003. On July 29, the record two-week...
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Progressive for Congress comes under fire
August 11, 2006MINNEAPOLIS — If Keith Ellison is elected in November to represent Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, he will bring to the U.S. House of Representatives a fresh progressive voice in tradition of Paul Wellstone. He will also...
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