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International trade agreements force the U.S. and other participting countries to "harmonize" food and envrironmental safety standards to the lowest common denominator. Often these agreements are negotiated behind closed doors, shutting out Congress and the public, while granting corporations and trade associations a seat at the table. It's no surprise that these agreements give transnational corporations "special rights", allowing companies to challenge individual countries' environmental, worker and food safety laws and regulations.
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December 19, 2006
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MoveOn Calls for New Election in Florida Voting Machine Meltdown 18,000 Votes "Lost" by Paperless Machines in 13th District Full-Page New York Times Ad Runs Tuesday"Welcome To Florida: Where Only Some Votes Count"
WASHINGTON - December 19 - MoveOn.org Political Action will run a full-page ad in the New York Times on Tuesday, calling for a re-vote in Florida's 13th Congressional Read more
PRESS RELEASE
DECEMBER 19, 2006
CONTACT:
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Trevor FitzGibbon, 202.246.5303
Alex Howe, 202.822.5200
MoveOn Calls for New Election in Florida Voting Machine Meltdown 18,000 Votes "Lost" by Paperless Machines in 13th District Full-Page New York Times Ad Runs Tuesday"Welcome To Florida: Where Only Some Votes Count"
WASHINGTON - December 19 - MoveOn.org Political Action will run a full-page ad in the New York Times on Tuesday, calling for a re-vote in Florida's 13th Congressional Read more
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December 11, 2006
New York, New York, November 28: After every election, there are post-mortems and then, after that, come the studies to confirm the presence of many institutional and deep seated flaws in our ritualized electoral-democracy.
Annually, journalists acknowledge their own limits and mistakes. The honest ones admit there was a uniformity of outlook in which the horse race is over-covered and the issues under covered.
They concede that there was a focus on polls without explaining their limits adequately or how polls in turn are affected by the volume and slant of media Read more
Annually, journalists acknowledge their own limits and mistakes. The honest ones admit there was a uniformity of outlook in which the horse race is over-covered and the issues under covered.
They concede that there was a focus on polls without explaining their limits adequately or how polls in turn are affected by the volume and slant of media Read more
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Commentary by Captain Paul Watson
One of the definitions of murder is: to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously.
This definition would define many forms of animal slaughter as murder including the horrifically cruel slaughter of seal pups on the ice off Eastern Canada each year.
One of the convenient defenses of whaling and other forms of lethal animal utilization is that the killing of a human being is the only type of death infliction that can be legitimately and legally classified as murder.
This comes down to just what is a definition of a human being? Not so long ago, non-whites Read more
This definition would define many forms of animal slaughter as murder including the horrifically cruel slaughter of seal pups on the ice off Eastern Canada each year.
One of the convenient defenses of whaling and other forms of lethal animal utilization is that the killing of a human being is the only type of death infliction that can be legitimately and legally classified as murder.
This comes down to just what is a definition of a human being? Not so long ago, non-whites Read more
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December 15, 2006
Just our luck: the one time we went to the annual meeting of the
American Geophysical Union, the most exciting thing that happened was
that geologist photocopying his rocks. But this year, headlines abound.
Earlier this week at the event, the Union of Concerned Scientists
issued a statement signed by more than 10,000 U.S. researchers
protesting political interference in science. And yesterday, Al Gore
materialized to urge scientists to address climate change and fend off
political pressure. (Seriously, when does that guy sleep?) "Get
involved, because so much is at stake," he thundered, and Read more
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December 13, 2006
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December 7, 2006
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December 8, 2006
Mr. Speaker:
I come before this body today as a proud American and as a servant of the American people, sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Throughout my tenure, I've always tried to speak the truth. It's that commitment that brings me here today.
We have a President who has misgoverned and a Congress that has refused to hold him accountable. It is a grave situation and I believe the stakes for our country are high.
No American is above the law, and if we allow a President to violate, at the most basic and fundamental Read more
I come before this body today as a proud American and as a servant of the American people, sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Throughout my tenure, I've always tried to speak the truth. It's that commitment that brings me here today.
We have a President who has misgoverned and a Congress that has refused to hold him accountable. It is a grave situation and I believe the stakes for our country are high.
No American is above the law, and if we allow a President to violate, at the most basic and fundamental Read more
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"President George W. Bush has failed to preserve, protect, and defend
the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior
members of his administration do the same; and he has betrayed the trust of
the American people," Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney explained in remarks
prepared to accompany her submission on Friday of articles of impeachment
against Bush, Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
McKinney, in her last legislative act before leaving the House at the
end of her current term Read more
the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior
members of his administration do the same; and he has betrayed the trust of
the American people," Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney explained in remarks
prepared to accompany her submission on Friday of articles of impeachment
against Bush, Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
McKinney, in her last legislative act before leaving the House at the
end of her current term Read more
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December 6, 2006
(Today, Webster Tarpley released a statement against Robert Gates' nomination as Secretary of Defense. Gates' relationship to the Muj has also recently been explored at the Daily Kos, in a post called, Robert Gates Promoted and Financed Osama Bin Laden. -r.)
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"Most damning of all is the fact that Gates was one of the founders of al Qaeda, the CIA's Arab Legion which was assembled to attack the Soviets in Afghanistan. Gates is thus part of the Read more
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
"Most damning of all is the fact that Gates was one of the founders of al Qaeda, the CIA's Arab Legion which was assembled to attack the Soviets in Afghanistan. Gates is thus part of the Read more
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December 6, 2006
From CommonDreams.org
President Hugo Chavez's landslide victory in Sunday's election provides an opportunity to open a new chapter of US-Venezuelan relations. It was one of the most internationally monitored elections in recent memory, with observers from the Organization of American States and the European Union once again approving the results and the process. This is the fourth time that Chavez has stood for election and won, if we include the recall referendum of August 2004, which he won by a similar margin. As the famous Brazilian sociologist Helio Jaguaribi recently Read more
President Hugo Chavez's landslide victory in Sunday's election provides an opportunity to open a new chapter of US-Venezuelan relations. It was one of the most internationally monitored elections in recent memory, with observers from the Organization of American States and the European Union once again approving the results and the process. This is the fourth time that Chavez has stood for election and won, if we include the recall referendum of August 2004, which he won by a similar margin. As the famous Brazilian sociologist Helio Jaguaribi recently Read more
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