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Written by Howard Zinn
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"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens."
Howard Zinn in The Progressive
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Written by Stephen Zunes
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Given the power the United States has in the world, even minimal differences in policies can have a major difference in the lives of millions of people. Guerilla News Network (GNN)
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Former U.S. Rep. McKinney Enters Presidential Race as Green |
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Written by Lisa Leff, AP
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Former Georgia congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney is running for president as a member of the Green
Party, which she says shares her views on ending the Iraq war,
protecting the environment and other issues. SFGate.com
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Brian Moore/Stewart Alexander: SPUSA Candiates for President |
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Written by Stephen Tash
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Certainly, the Socialist Party is not expecting Brian Moore to be
taking the presidential Oath come January 20, 2009. Traditional
presidential campaigns of the Socialist Party exist for the purpose of
spreading the socialist message, for recruiting, which may ultimately
lead to an honest attempt to win the presidency. In light of the goals
of a presidential campaign, the Socialist Party could not have chosen
two better candidates for the job. - Third Party Watch
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Ralph Nader Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee |
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Seeking political guidance |
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Written by Rev. JOSEPH A. DARBY
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King offers moral touchstone for vote
Special to The Post and Courier
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Worsening Economy Gives Obama and Hillary a Chance to Copy Edwards' Populist Ideas |
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Written by William Greider
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"My advice to Barack Obama: look through the John Edwards file -- he got
there first -- and borrow freely from his sound ideas for economic
stimulus."
AlterNet
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The Media Controls the Process |
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Written by Alan Shockley
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And the Process makes them a lot of money.
Joshua Holland: NBC Rewrites its Own Rules to Prevent America from Hearing Kucinich
"This is way out of hand -- join me in boycotting the debate."
Amy Goodman: The Primaries Are Broadcasters' Big Payday
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Nuclear power gets boost from candidates |
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Written by Anna Shockley
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Except for Edwards, top contenders in the GOP and Democratic races consider it a possible energy solution.
By Judy Pasternak, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer -- December 30, 2007
(This is one of the many articles that limit their discussion to the positions of the candidates that are in the lead.)
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Quotes on Iran, Iraq, Nuclear, Terrorism |
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Written by Anna Shockley
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The NH Peace Action Presidential Primary Blog has been "bird dogging for peace" and has an impressive archive of candidate statements.
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Written by Anna Shockley
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Race For Office
Covering The Current Political Races Through Video Clips
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McCain: I would have started Iraq war regardless of WMD |
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Written by David Edwards and Katie Baker
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According to presidential candidate John McCain, only the handling of the Iraq war was a mistake -- not the war itself. The Raw Story
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Memo to Obama: No Rush to "Fix" Social Security |
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Written by Mark Weisbrot
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Obama is no enemy of Social Security. But like most of the country, he
is misinformed on this issue. So he is going after his opponent,
Hillary Clinton, for saying "if we just get our fiscal house in order
that we can solve the problem of Social Security." Alternet
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Why on Earth Are Hillary and Obama Supporting Pro-Corporate Trade Deals? |
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Written by Joshua Holland
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It's a perfect blend of bad policy and losing politics.
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Written by Missy Comley Beattie
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Why Obama Can't Save Us
. . . And calling for sustained military support to Israel, Obama said: "We must preserve our total commitment to our unique defense relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance and continuing work on the Arrow and related missile defense programs." Counterpunch
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Clinton promises 'heavy retaliation' for terrorist-harboring nations |
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Written by Nick Juliano
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, finding herself in an unexpectedly close race with freshman Sen. Barack Obama, flexed her national security muscles in Saturday night's Democratic debate, raising the possibility of loosing nuclear weapons on countries that harbor terrorists who plot a nuclear attack on the US. Raw Story
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Santa's Sweatshops (Candidate positions) |
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Written by Ruth Conniff
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This article is nearly a month old, but it makes important points about several of the candidates. Thanks to GlobalNetNews for sending it.
...The Global Trade Watch website rates all the candidates on their trade votes going
back to the 1970s for those who were in Congress that long.
Clinton gets 43 percent. Obama gets 50 percent. Edwards gets 63 percent. The only
candidate with a higher percentage is Kucinich, with a nearly perfect score.
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U.S. Elections Over Before They Began |
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Written by Allan Nairn
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The US press is reporting that on Thursday the American political system began the process of selecting the next President of the United States.
But that is not true.
The process is already largely completed, in that we already know that the next president will highly likely be one of eleven rich people each of whom have positions that -- if implemented -- will kill perhaps eleven million poor people. Counterpunch
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