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Demeaning Democracy
 Edward M. Kennedy
Vice presidents are notorious for serving as an administration's chief attack dog, and time and again Dick Cheney has been unleashed to accuse anyone who is opposed to the Bush administration of aiding the terrorists. But this time he has gone too far.more »»»
The War Bush Isn't Fighting
 Eugene Robinson
When unsmiling agents at the airport take away your contact lens solution, your toothpaste, and your cologne or after-shave, remember Osama bin Laden. Remember the real war on terrorism that the Bush administration and its allies decided not to fight, preferring cowboy-style military adventures.more »»»
Hundreds of Mexican Miners Fired for Striking
 David Bacon
Just days after conservative candidate Felipe Calderon declared himself the winner of Mexico's July 2 presidential election, the Mexican federal labor board lowered the boom on striking miners at Nacozari.more »»»
The Constitution in Crisis
 Rep. John Conyers
Today, I am releasing the final version of my report, the "Constitution in Crisis." The report, which is some 350 pages in length and is supported by more than 1,400 footnotes, compiles the accumulated evidence that the Bush Administration has thumbed its nose at our nation's laws, and the Constitution itself.more »»»
Evidence of Election Fraud Grows in México
 Chuck Collins & Joshua Holland
It appears that the U.S. media has become so enamored with the construct of the "anti-democratic" left in Latin America that they are incapable of fulfilling their basic mandate to inform their readers when it comes to the political landscape south of the border.more »»»
Cease-Fire Now
 William Rivers Pitt
Sunday's horrific air attack by Israel on the Lebanese village of Qana has radically altered the dynamic of this current conflict. Now, the burgeoning democracy of Lebanon has been subsumed by a wave of violence and outrage.more »»»
U.S. Could Take Lessons from Mexican Voting Process
 Norman Stockwell
The recent rally of up to 1.5 million Mexicans in the main square of the capital city is only the latest stage in a series of lessons in democracy that our neighbors to the south are teaching us here in the US.more »»»
Could this be the Start of World War III?
 David Bosco
This hot summer, as the world watches the violence in the Middle East, the awareness of peace's fragility is particularly acute. The bloodshed in Lebanon appears to be part of a broader upsurge in unrest.more »»»
America Ignores Mexican Election Fiasco
 Randy Shaw
The ongoing coverage of alleged Ukrainian election fraud in 2005 stands in sharp contrast to the scant coverage of alleged improper ballot counting in Mexico’s recent election. Why such major coverage? One reason is that the American government supported the candidate cheated out of victory.more »»»
The Ballad of Dumb George
 William Rivers Pitt
George W. Bush is a good man, word has it. He's plain-spoken, they say. A regular fella. A good guy to have a beer with, except he supposedly doesn't drink anymore. I wish, more than anything, that he were drinking. I wish he were drinking all the time. Having a drunk for a president is manageable. Having a stone bozo for a president, on the other hand, is a calamity of global proportions.more »»»
Democracy in Crisis - Interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
 BradBlog.com
I've long had a deep respect for Robert F. Kennedy for his dedicated work as an environmental advocate. Tom and I enjoyed interviewing him and were moved by his passion and dedication to our country and our Democracy.more »»»
Political Turmoil and Mexico's Economy
 Julia Hanna
What happens to a country's economy when its government is politically unstable, such as has been the case historically in Mexico? Can business get done under a strong-arm dictatorship, or when a government is too weak to protect the rights of its citizens?more »»»
Tribunal has to Address Irregularities
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
A politically neutral citizens committee that´s been watch- dogging the elections since the beginning of the campaign announced that a "series of irregularities" must be addressed before the public will completely accept a winner of the July 2 presidential vote.more »»»
NAFTA "Superhighway" Spells the End of NAFTA
 William R. Hawkins
The new energy being put into expanding the transportation network from Mexico into the United States heralds the collapse of NAFTA, and further discredits the strategy followed by the administrations of George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.more »»»
Mexico's Tiger Stirs
 The Nation
Porfirio Díaz, Mexico's dictator from 1876 to 1910, always feared a popular revolution. "We must not awaken the tiger," Díaz declared. The revolution that erupted in 1910 cost more than a million lives. Mexican intellectuals have recently warned that the tiger is stirring once again in the wake of the country's contested July 2 presidential election.more »»»
The Real Agenda
 NYTimes
It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full picture of the Bush administration's response to the terror attacks is becoming clear. Much of it, we can see now, had far less to do with fighting Osama bin Laden than with expanding presidential power.more »»»
No Rush to Certify Mexican Election
 Mark Engler
When a hotly contested electoral race comes to a close, almost everyone prefers to wake up the next morning knowing who the winner is. But sometimes, such as in the July 2 presidential election in Mexico, the race proves so tight that certifying the outcome requires careful, transparent and, yes, often slow deliberation.more »»»
The WTO and the World's Poor
 Dean Baker
As President Bush once tried to say, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Paul Wolfowitz, who fooled us once when he was pitching the line about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, is now out to fool us again.more »»»
Political Polarization will Strengthen Mexican Democracy
 Chappell Lawson
Should Calderón maintain his narrow lead, López Obrador will challenge the results in Mexico's electoral tribunal. And even if the challenge remains there, rather than spilling over into the streets, the polarized atmosphere that characterized the campaign will remain.more »»»
A Day in the Life
 William Rivers Pitt
Upon reading of the astonishing shooting incident in the al-Jihad neighborhood of Baghdad, I sat down and attempted to imagine, simply, what it must be like to live in that city these days.more »»»
What the Mexican Vote Can Tell Us
 Andres Oppenheimer
Here are five lessons to be learned from Mexico's July 2 presidential election, which according to official figures was won by center-right candidate Felipe Calderon but is being contested by left-of-center candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.more »»»
The Real Winners in Mexico
 Dick J. Reavis
No matter who the Federal Electoral Tribunal declares the winner in July 2's contested presidential election, the power will belong to someone else.more »»»
Mexican Elections Mired in Anomalies
 John Gibler
In a divided country, divided opinion comes as little surprise and depending on whom one speaks with, the election was either the cleanest in Mexican history, or victim of the biggest fraud since 1988 when the ruling party staged a bogus computer breakdown to justify turning the election results inside out.more »»»
Punishing the PRI
 Rachel Blustain & Jennifer De Barros
While the PRI began slowly to lose its dominance over Mexican politics starting in the late 1980s and early 1990s, vestiges of one-party rule remained, particularly in poorer states like Oaxaca.more »»»
Will the Real Democrats Please Stand Up?
 Robert Scheer
It is high time the folks who make up the base of the Democratic Party took a page from the playbook of the Republican Right and backed candidates willing to stand up for their values, rather than wasting their money, time and votes on those who won't.more »»»
Contest Reveals New Split in Nation
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
The microscopic margin deciding the next president suggests troubling scenarios for his effectiveness, if not his legitimacy. But it also reveals a nation split along ideological lines and the familiar terms for that schism - left/right, poor/rich, social-democratic/neoliberal - may be outdated and inadequate.more »»»
On the Fourth, Read the Declaration of Impeachment
 David Swanson
Veterans for Peace has drafted a Declaration of Impeachment using nothing but excerpts from the Declaration of Independence (plus a few words in parentheses). It reads as follows, and should be read at picnics and protests on the Fourth of July:more »»»
Danger to the South?
 Irma E. Sandoval & John M. Ackerman
There is an increasing anxiety among commentators about a possible victory of Andrés López Obrador in the Mexican presidential elections Sunday. He will supposedly expand state ownership, spend irresponsibly, roll back free trade and divide the country - leading to a spike in illegal immigration in the United States.more »»»
Stealing Mexico
 Greg Palast
George Bush's operatives have plans to jigger with the upcoming elections. I'm not talking about the November '06 vote in the USA (though they have plans for that, too). I'm talking about the election this Sunday in Mexico for their Presidency.more »»»
Mexico's Missing Prosperity
 Robert J. Samuelson
The subtext for the United States' immigration debate is Mexico. Why doesn't its economy grow faster, creating more jobs and higher living standards? That's the question that inevitably confronts the winner of this Sunday's Mexican presidential election, but it is also a critical question for Americans.more »»»
The American Political Tradition
 Andrew J. Bacevich
When it comes to foreign policy, the fundamental divide in American politics today is not between left and right but between those who subscribe to the myth of the "American Century" and those who do not.more »»»
Bush Is Not Incompetent!
 George Lakoff, Marc Ettlinger & Sam Ferguson
Bush's disasters - Katrina, the Iraq War, the budget deficit - are not so much a testament to his incompetence or a failure of execution. Rather, they are the natural, even inevitable result of his conservative governing philosophy.more »»»
Post-election Fears and Possibilities in Mexico
 Enrique Andrade González
On July 2 the most competitive presidential election in Mexico’s post-Revolution history will finally take place. Furthermore, it is said now what is most important for Mexican democracy is for the results to be acceptable, which will be the proof by fire this exercise represents along with the importance of how and when.more »»»
Mexico's New Wealth
 Alfonso Chardy
Pro-business attitudes, a stable currency, oil wealth and NAFTA have created a booming economy complete with BMWs and skyscrapers.more »»»
The Immigration Road Show
 NYTimes
The focus on immigration policy by the Bush administration and Congress is not making progress, says the New York Times, because House Republican leaders are creating a fog of distortion and fear.more »»»
Coercion of Voters Still a Real Concern
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Vote buying and coercion are usually identified with the fraudulent elections of Mexico´s 20th-century past. But they´re not dead yet, according to a prestigious citizens´ group.more »»»
Mexico Worries About Its Own Southern Border
 Ginger Thompson
Quiet as it is kept in political circles, Mexico, so much the focus of the US immigration debate, has its own set of immigration problems, and has begun a re-examination of its own policies and prejudices.more »»»
The Redeemer of Mexico?
 James C. McKinley
It is the fourth stop on a long, rainy day of campaigning, but when the leftist candidate rolls into the small coastal town of Tonalá, in southern Mexico, the soaked crowd comes alive with deafening chants of "Obrador! Obrador!"more »»»
Mexican Voters' Dilemma
 Jose de la Isla
Two days before the United States celebrates its independence on the Fourth of July, Mexico will conduct its second national election since the beginning of its new democracy. Some 71 million Mexican voters will select their leader for the next six years.more »»»
Mexican Presidential Elections: The Firebrand on Bush's Doorstep
 David Usborne
Mexico's Manuel Lopez Obrador may follow Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales as the next Latin leftist leader. And if he wins a bitterly contested election next month, this time the revolution will be just across the border.more »»»
Even in Good Times, Mexicans Enter U.S.
 Laurence Iliff
Studies support the suggestion that many Mexican immigrants in the United States were motivated to leave their country by a desire not just for employment, but for better jobs and mobility.more »»»
The Populist at the Border
 David Rieff
A decade ago, the only people driving around the city in armored passenger cars were members of Mexico's established business oligarchy. But now the custom has percolated down from the superrich to the merely well heeled. And with good reason: in recent years Mexico's sprawling capital has become one of the most dangerous cities in the world for the poor and the prosperous alike.more »»»
An Increasingly Deadly Trail
 John Pomfret
Since 1993, when the Clinton administration began a crackdown on border crossings in San Diego and El Paso, more than 3,500 people have died trying to cross into the United States through desert.more »»»
America's Fading Glow
 John Brown
Today's American soft power - our ability to influence others overseas through who we are and what we do - is shrinking, as poll after poll shows. This loss of soft power reduces America's ability to shape global developments in ways favorable to the national interest.more »»»
Smart Answers to a Big Problem
 NYTimes
Across the developing world, primary education is too often a privilege and not a right. But not in Latin America. Currently, 88 percent of children ages 15 to 19 have completed primary school, and by 2015 that figure is expected to rise to 93 percent.more »»»
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