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Fred Feldman | 1 Sep 2008 01:01

Cynthia McKinney's comment on Biden's acceptance speech

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:07:19 -0400
From: hq2600 <at> gmail.com
To: updates <at> lists.allthingscynthiamckinney.com

Hi!  I was just asked to comment on Joe Biden's speech.  Here is my
statement:

"It's clear that Joe Biden will be the Democrats' Dick Cheney.  that means
Democrats, just like the Republicans, represent more war and brutal
occupation.  They are playing with the notion that 60 enemies on Dick
Cheney's list aren't enough and that nuclear Russia and nuclear China should
be added to the enemies list.

"Joe Biden is handmaiden to the special interests in Washington, D.C. that
rely on war, death, untold carnage, and the insecurity of average, ordinary
American citizens to have their way.  It is clear that a vote for the
Democratic Party is a vote for more war.

"It is time to derail the war machine or we will become victims of it--just
as our children are victimized by the police state and the prison-industrial
complex."

Please visit our website, www.runcynthiarun.org and donate to our campaign.
Rosa and I cannot travel and satisfy all the requests we are receiving
without your additional help.  I understand that CNN's Roland Martin even
acknowledged our campaign.  And that's after CNN's Joe Johns did an
interview with us at the Denver protests!  Please donate today either by
U.S.P.S. or online.  For U.S.P.S. contributions, please make checks payable
to:
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Mark Lause | 1 Sep 2008 02:31
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Nader-Gonzales Events in Ohio

I'll post the events here, as they might well be of interest to any
other list members in the Buckeye state.

HERE ARE THE EVENTS:

Sept. 8th, 1pm
    Nader for President 2008 Rally, Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez
    Columbus, OH
    Drexel Theater East
    2254 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209
    Contribution: $10/$5 students
    (202) 471-5833
    Map it
    <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2254%20E.%20Main%20St.%2C%20Columbus%2C%20OH%2043209>

Sept. 8th, 7:30pm
    Nader for President 2008 Rally, Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez
    Cincinnati, OH
    Memorial Hall
    1229 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45210
    Contribution: $10/$5 student
    (917) 881-9882 or events <at> votenader.org
    Map it
    <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1229%20Elm%20St.%2C%20Cincinnati%2C%20OH%2045210>

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Pat Costello | 1 Sep 2008 03:54
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PSL Presidential Candidate Gloria La Riva reports from Louisiana

http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr012=ow4otcx7h1.app7b&page=NewsArticle&id=9795&news_iv_ctrl=1261

Eyewitness New Orleans -- As Hurricane Gustav Bears Down
Sunday, August 31, 2008
By: Gloria La Riva

PSL Presidential Candidate Gloria La Riva reports from Louisiana
Tomorrow, the people of New Orleans and the wider area again face the possibility of 
catastrophic disaster. While the government's evacuation is demonstrably better than 
that of Katrina, the physical damage to homes and the infrastructure could exceed that 
of Katrina. Storm surges of 18-feet to 24-feet of water are expected. Officials on TV have 
said that they've strengthened the levees only to Hurricane Category 3 strength, while 
Gustav is likely to hit as a Category 4. Almost all of New Orleans is below sea level.

 
	New Orleans housing struggle

The for-profit, "free market" disaster response—which resulted in tragedy three years 
ago—has already again rose its ugly head.

All of New Orleans will be on lockdown this afternoon. 50,000 soldiers from the National 
Guard have been activated in the region. The police of several parishes, including 
Jefferson and Kenner, have warned that anyone in the street will be "challenged." 
During Katrina, Jefferson police shot and killed a group of people driving on the 
bridge. This morning, the Kenner police chief, Steve Caraway, said, "if you are 
arrested, you will not go to a county jail. You will be taken to Angola prison." As 
those around him smirked, Mayor Ray Nagin made the same promise at a press 
conference this morning.

Yesterday, we visited the Harvey Canal, where construction has quite obviously not
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nchamah miller | 1 Sep 2008 05:08
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FENSUAGRO's Response to the Arrest of Liliana Obando

I have been given to understand, that Fensuagro has since retracted or at
least softened its initial position.    The statements were made by the
person who took over Liliany's work the later part of 2007 and was reflected
in a letter published in El Tiempo by the current President.  Indeed Liliany
travelled to Canada on several occasions IN THE COMPANY of the President of
Fensuagro and represented its  Human Rights Division in many countries:  for
this reason I could not understand why they only have conceded that she is a
"consultant".
  Fensuagro is unique in that it combines the peasant, trade union, Blacks,
and originary people's movements and spearheads the move to land reform in
Colombia. This does  not mean that at the current time it is a primarily
left leading organization since among its membership there are many who are
simpathetic to the Uribe Government, as occurs with some trade unions.

  I have attended a few Conferences organized by Fensuagro and have
extensive research particularly as it attends to the agrarian peasant
movement and originary people.

nchamah
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David Walters | 1 Sep 2008 05:14
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Republicans in Hollywood

I always wondered about how Republicans organized among the Hollywood  
crowd, seemingly 'tarred' with the "L" word by the conservative side of 
bourgeois politics.

Here is an interesting little article:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200503/ai_n13510187

Describes activities of conservative actors like Ron Silver and Gary 
Sinise and others.

David

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Dbachmozart | 1 Sep 2008 05:37
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Possible Russia-Iran Alliance To Counter 'Unfriendly' US Moves


OSC: Russia- Iran Alliance? 
The USG Open Source  Center translates an article from the Russian press 
proposing a strategic  alliance between Russia and Iran.

By Juan Cole  
Pundit on Possible  Russia-Iran Alliance To Counter 'Unfriendly' US  Moves
Article by Radzhab Safarov, General Director of the  Russian Center for 
Iranian Studies: "Iranian Trump Card. Russia Can Take  Control of Persian Gulf"
Vremya Novostey
Friday, August 29, 2008  
Document Type: OSC Translated Text

clip - 
The recognition of South Ossetia's and  Abkhazia's independence by Russia is 
a timely step to protect these  republics from new Georgian aggression. 
However, taking into account the  United States' plans to expedite Georgia's and 
Ukraine's accession to the  NATO military-political bloc, the situation near the 
Russian border  remains alarming. At the same time Moscow has a lot of 
possibilities to  take balanced counter measures to the United States' and entire 
NATO's  unfriendly plans. In particular, Russia can rely on those countries that  
effectively oppose the United States' and their satellites' expansion.  Only 
collective efforts can help to create a situation which would, if not  
eliminate then at least reduce the risk of the Cold War's transformation  into local 
and global conflicts.

For instance, Moscow could  strengthen its military-technical ties with Syria 
and launch negotiations  on the reestablishment of its military presence in 
Cuba. However, the most  serious step which the United States and especially 
Israel fear  (incidentally, Israel supplied arms to Georgia) is hypothetical
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Fred Feldman | 1 Sep 2008 08:50

Reasons to avoid Alexander Cockburn, politically and personally

http://www.counterpunch.com/cockburn08302008.html

Alexander Cockburn wrote:

"Who would not wish to take off Sarah's spectacles and liberate those rich,
heaped-up tresses? It's that librarian look so reminiscent of  Laura Bush in
happier days, back among the stacks in the Public Library in Midland which I
made [SIC] visited in 2001, mostly to view the crossroads where 17-year
Laura broadsided her boyfriend in that so-tragic "accident". (The  police
report says that Laura ran a stop sign in her Chevy and struck the Corvair
of 17-year old Michael Douglas. He was thrown from the car and broke his
neck. Some accounts have claimed Michael and Laura had been dating. Laura
was with a 17-year old girl friend at the time. It was a clear night, with
unobstructed views,  shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 6, 1963. )"

In my original comment, I focused on Cockburn's frankly bizarre sexualizing
about Sarah Palin, but failed to take note of the continuation of his
bizarre charge, here by hints but more directly previously. that Laura Bush
intentionally caused the death or at least the injury of her youthful Texas
heartthrob, driven by hormonal violence. I assume from this that the Secret
Service's main task would be to keep an enraged, jealous and homicidal Laura
Bush from depriving us of George. The facts available recommend giving up
such reformist illusions.

Let me point out that there is qualitatively less evidence, to put it mildly
(there is actually none), to support this claim than there is for global
warming. Yet Cockburn has no hesitation to treat the alleged Laura murder as
proven, while declaring global warming a big lie of big business. 

Of course, Laura Bush is the subject of another Cockburn crush.
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glparramatta | 1 Sep 2008 08:53
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What's new at Links: Bolivia, Venezuela, Diego Garcia, Kashmir, Caucasus, Cuba, Malaysia, ecology & capitalism, Argentina

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    balance sheet <http://links.org.au/node/598>

By the *Bolpress editorial board*, translated by *Sean Seymour Jones* 
for /Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/

State intervention in economic activity -- the nationalisation of 
businesses, restrictions on exports and price controls, among other 
measures -- doesn't appear to be contributing to the materialisation 
of the structural changes postulated by the National Development Plan 
(PND) of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS). This is the evaluation of 
business leaders, analysts and political leaders from the right-wing 
opposition in Bolivia. However, according to the government of President 
Evo Morales, the brutal and desperate reaction of the dominant classes 
"in relegation" proves that something is changing.

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    Venezuela: Solidarity needed for trade unionists under attack;
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Walter Lippmann | 1 Sep 2008 09:01
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LA TIMES: Russia-Cuba ties worry U.S.

From the Los Angeles Times
Russia-Cuba ties worry U.S.
Amid tensions over Georgia, Moscow has been signaling 
that it wants to restore its relationship with Havana that 
included military and intelligence cooperation.
By Paul Richter
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

September 1, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usrussia1-2008sep01,0,7817402.story

WASHINGTON - Amid rising tensions over Georgia, U.S.
officials are increasingly concerned that Russia is moving
to rebuild one of the most dangerous features of the old
Soviet Union's security structure -- its alliance with
Cuba.

Moscow has been signaling that it wants to restore a long
relationship with Havana that included not only economic
ties, but also military and intelligence cooperation. The
relationship brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when Russia
secretly installed nuclear missiles on the island.

U.S. officials believe that Russian statements are partly
bluster, intended to dissuade the United States and its
allies from moving the NATO alliance and military
equipment, including missile defense sites, closer to the
Russian border. And some experts question how interested
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Marvin Gandall | 1 Sep 2008 13:06
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Re: An analysis of the DP convention that works better

Artesian writes:

>I disagree.  Things HAVE worked.  And everything that has worked has been
> outside the Democratic Party, and outside the commitment to the election
> process.  We can't just ignore the fact that the Democratic Party is all
> about getting people elected.  And we can't ignore the fact that the
> things
> that was accomplished in industrial unionism and in the black emancipation
> struggles were accomplished by direct action.
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The epic battles for union rights and civil rights involved both mass
moblization and legislative action by Democratic administrations - the
Wagner Act under Roosevelt and the Civil Rights Act under Johnson. Both
pieces of legislation fell short of what the unions and the black movement
wanted, but each was welcomed as by them as an important advance.

Unions, women, blacks, immigrants, gays, environmentalists, the antiwar and
other reform movements have petitioned, demonstrated and engaged in other
forms of direct action primarily to exert pressure on Congress to realize
their demands through legislation. While there is much debate about the
means of struggle and the laws which issue from it, they're part of the same
process and aren't counterposed to each other.

While Trotskyists and other left tendencies have criticized these movements
for campaigning for the Democrats during elections, they do so because they
see the party as their instrument, however flawed, for advancing and
defending their programs against the Republicans in the executive,
legislative, administrative, and judicial branches of government. The
European and other popular movements have the same relationship to the
social democratic parties elsewhere.
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