Elections
Japanese Communists may emerge as main opposition to “Abenomics”
July 26, 2013International headlines have trumpeted Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's decisive win in Japan's upper house election July 21, but the election results indicate the potential defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's economic and constitutional agenda.
Read moreALEC: Behind the scene in 2014!
July 24, 2013The American Legislative Council, known as ALEC, is an outfit controlled and financed by some of the biggest corporate financial barons.
Read morePanamanian right cedes to U.S. before elections
July 22, 2013The president of Panama is putting on a big show right now. Is it for the benefit of the voters in the 2014 presidential and legislative elections, or is it for the U.S., the historical kingmaker...
Read moreSupreme racism tramples democracy in voting rights
June 28, 2013The 30-year project of the Republicans and ultra-conservatives to crush civil rights took a qualitative leap forward when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a 5-4 decision announced on June 25.
Read moreNew York teachers back Thompson for mayor
June 24, 2013This city's huge teachers' union has selected the candidate it prefers in the mayoral race now underway here.
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