Gonzales’ Appointment is a Danger to Human Rights
As Bush prepares to send his nomination of Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General to the Senate, let’s recall who Gonzales is and what his enduring imprint on history may be. Gonzales authored the infamous August 2002 torture memo that provided arguments for discarding the Geneva Conventions. This appointment affirms Bush’s rejection of international oversight of human rights and signals a dramatic right wing shift.
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A Post-Election, Pre-Combat Letter
Being the first soldiers into a high-risk combat zone is not the most comfortable feeling. As the morning is just beginning and the first haze of light is glowing through the horizon's mist, I am filled with despair and fear. Not because of the job at hand that I know will be both challenging and dangerous, but because I have learned of the results of the 2004 United States Presidential Elections.
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International Perspectives on the US Election, Part 2
The reelection of the President of the United States, George W. Bush, goes against humankind’s perspectives and the hopes of millions of men and women that long for justice and peace in the world, both impossible in a scenario characterized by the prevalence of an aggressive policy of a superpower that views ruling the planet as its raison d’etre.
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No Mandate, No Surrender
Several months ago most pollsters predicted that the margin of difference between Kerry and Bush would be razor thin. I can’t recall anyone projecting a landslide for either candidate, let alone a major political realignment nationwide. Guess what? They were more right than wrong.
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The Red Menace
Many liberals think that a new 'Red Menace' is facing America – not that there ever was an old one. Waking up Wednesday morning (Nov. 3) and seeing the map of the red versus the blue states was pretty depressing. If there were any election the Democrats should have swept to victory in it was the 2004 election.
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International Perspectives on the US Election
GEORGE W Bush’s re-election to the White House spells trouble not only for working people in the US but for the rest of the world. His triumph represents victory not only for the unwholesome alliance of queer-bashers and misogynists that makes up the Christian right but also for the military-industrial complex, including the oil lobby.
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Genocide without victory in Fallujah
THE people of Falluja dig amongst the rubble of their homes, destroyed by the aerial bombardments and artillery attacks of the United States. They are searching for their dead. Meanwhile, the Marines are practicing urban warfare in order to launch an assault that will lead to their victory over the insurgent city. The omens are clear. October has been one of most bloody months for the occupation forces.
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Fallujah Invasion Nears
The intensity of air raids on the Central Iraq city of Fallujah continued to crescendo overnight as some 10,000 US Marines prepared for what is expected to be a massive urban assault on the city that has been most resistant to foreign occupation. But as American troops, accompanied by hundreds of Iraqi personnel, get ready to move, international words of caution have come streaming toward the United States.
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Labor's Role in the Election
Labor-backed Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry's loss to GOP nominee George W. Bush on Nov. 2 means 'we have to do more' in mobilizing and organizing, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney says. In a post-election press conference Nov. 3, Sweeney lauded labor's efforts at the polls, thanking union members for campaigning and turning out in record numbers.
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