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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with democracy

Elections for Sale?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: u.s., supreme, court, corporations, business, government, money, corruption, politics, abuse, dishonesty, government, elections, democrats, republicans, propaganda, democracy, freedom, america )

Tom
- 77 days ago - latimes.com
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider an argument lifting restrictions on corporate campaign contributions. Such a ruling would shake the very foundation of our republic, turning us from a government of "we the people" to "we the corporations."
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Help End Repression and Violence in Honduras
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, freedoms, human rights, petition, honduras, coup d'etat, democracy, military, terror )

Jelica
- 82 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Beatings and mass arrests are being used by the de facto government of Honduras as a way of punishing people for voicing their opposition to the military-backed coup d'etat in June. Scores of interviews by an Amnesty International delegation on the ground
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Single-Payer and the 'Democracy Deficit'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: health care, healthcare, Health Care Reform, single payer, Democracy )

Claudia
- 171 days ago - bradblog.com
"Americans think that it's healthcare that produces health, when there really is very little evidence for that. What turns out to be really important is the nature of caring and sharing in society....Where societies are more equal -- and economic equality is
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Why Isn't America Rioting?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: 1968, Watts, Streets, Democracy, Passion, First We Take Manhatten )

Panda Eat
- 294 days ago - alternet.org
Robbed ,sent into neo-con wars to die,increasingly forced into poverty..but where is the real direct action?In ,Greece,France even Russia,people have begun to express anger in a directly political way-i'm not talking violence,just passion on the streets.
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New World Order, Anyone? By Mary Neal
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: NewWorldOrder, DogJustice, UnitedStatesDepartmentofJustice, MaryNeal, LarryNeal, TheCochranFirm, MentalIllness, Democracy )

Mary
- 407 days ago - my.nowpublic.com
There is a battle being waged by world citizens against the undeclared New World Order. Citizens from across the globe convened in major cities across the earth on October 11 to protest government surveillance of private citizens and what they perceive as
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"The United States Is Not a Republic Anymore", Says Gore Vidal
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democracy, republic, organized crime syndicate, usa )


- 510 days ago - afterdowningstreet.org
<p>We don't have a republic any more...They managed to get rid of all of the constitutional links that made us literally a republic.</p>
7 comments
Plaints and Complaints: We Offer Our Socks
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: elections, government, democracy, socks )


- 519 days ago - truthawaits.com
Some people vote only because they wish to preserve their right to complain. And once they've voted, it seems that they do nothing BUT complain. There's an old saying, "Those who complain about the way the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it."
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Sheer Supremacy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democracy, Supreme Court, usa, Constitution )


- 525 days ago - truthawaits.com
In a democracy, the ultimate power of government rests in the hands of the people... Electing different candidates or appointing different Supreme Court justices is like insisting upon kinder, gentler slavemasters instead of abolishing slavery.
24 comments
President Eisenhower -Warning on the Military/Industrial Complex - Part 1 of 2   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: President Eisenhower, military-industrial complex, war, troops, ethics, democracy, USA, politics, military, war profiteering )

Blue
- 576 days ago - youtube.com
President Dwight David Eisenhower's Farewell Speech, "Military/Industrial Complex", 1961 - Part 1 of 2
1 comment
Clinton: Of Course, Obama Campaign Wants Us to End Race!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: USA, Hillary Clinton, democrats, democratic presidential candidate, democratic presidential race, Obama, opposition, democracy )

ON VACATI
- 602 days ago - politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
"My take on it is a lot of Sen. Obama's supporters want to end this race because they don't want people to keep voting," "That's just the opposite of what I believe. We want people to vote. I want the people of Montana to vote, don't you?"
2 comments
Five Years of Genocide
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: genocide, democracy, bush, bushadministration, usa, war, troops, middle-east, iraq, humanrights, crime, violence, unitednations )

Madalena
- 612 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
In the long night and the epic of forgotten genocide, only Bush hallucinates about victory....All the politicians of Iraq hallucinate about democracy-deception. It is the long night of genocide.
13 comments
Rights Group: Venezuela Is Basically Democratic
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democracy, human rights, Venezuela, usa )


- 661 days ago - miamiherald.com
Human Rights Watch said Venezuela was actually more democratic than many nations, contrary to some popular U.S. perceptions.
10 comments
The War On Democracy By John Pilger   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democracy, constitution, slavery, deaths )

Ben
- 665 days ago - video.google.com
This film is about a struggle of modern people to free themselves of a modern form of slavery.
2 comments
We Own the World, By Noam Chomsky
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, imperialism, Iraq, Iran, war, peace, democracy, propaganda )

Simon
- 677 days ago - chomsky.info
About 2/3 Americans think we ought to end the embargo & all threats against Cuba, & enter into diplomatic relations, & most Americans want US troops to leave Iraq. But the USA is not a functional democracy, & the govt & media act like they own the world.
56 comments
Why Democracy Is Wrong
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democracy, racism, corruption )


- 698 days ago - web.inter.nl.net
an anti-racist dictatorship is preferable to a racist democracy. Democracy is expanding globally, but not because of its moral superiority. Military intervention is now the standard origin of democratic political systems. (Very good analysis.)
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