democracy
Calif. Democrats seek to avoid the worst cuts
August 11, 2010California Democratic legislative leaders have released a budget plan they say avoids the worst of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's slash-and-burn cuts
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MoveOn pickets urge Congress, “End corporate dictatorship”
August 11, 2010Picketers stood outside the local office of Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) Aug. 10 holding signs that read "Fight corporate dictatorship" and "End corporate personhood."
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Kucinich bill aims to stop assassinations of U.S. citizens
August 10, 2010U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced a bill last week that would prohibit U.S. forces from targeting and carrying out extrajudicial killings of U.S. citizens.
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Hitch-22: When the left moves right
August 10, 2010In lining up with Bush on the war in Iraq, the former Nation columnist shocked the left, and his militant atheism has inspired animosity on the right. Still, in his memoir Hitchens comes off as a...
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Is socialism possible?
August 9, 2010Given the unprecedented economic, political and military power of the U.S. ruling class, it may seem like a pipedream to believe that working people can ever take over.
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