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- The struggle against war demands a break with the Democratics
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  The ISO and the dead-end of protest politics Seven months after mass antiwar sentiment in the United States found expression in a victory by the Democratic Party in the congressional elections that was both sweeping and unexpected (above all to the Democrats themselves), Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid & Co. have given one demonstration after another that they will do nothing to actually halt the slaughter of Americans and Iraqis.
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- Democrats pose as Iraq war opponents in New Hampshire debate
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  Only ten days after congressional Democrats officially capitulated to the Bush administration, ratifying an emergency appropriations bill for $100 billion in additional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the candidates for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination sought to appeal to the antiwar sentiments of the American people in a televised debate.
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- US antiwar protest groups silent on Cindy Sheehan's resignation from Democratic Party
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  The organizations and publications that head up the antiwar protest movement in the US have sought to suppress any discussion of the political conclusion drawn by antiwar campaigner Cindy Sheehan that the time has come for opponents of the war in Iraq to break with the Democratic Party.
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- Iraq war opponent Cindy Sheehan resigns from the Democratic Party
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  American antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan addressed an open letter to Congress May 26 announcing that she was leaving the Democratic Party, which now controls both houses of the legislature. Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son Casey died while serving in the US armed forces in Iraq in April 2004, came to prominence when she set up camp near George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas in August 2005 as a protest against the war.
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- The Nation magazine offers an alibi for Democrats' support of Iraq war
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  Thursday’s votes in the US Senate and House of Representatives in favor of a bill providing another $100 billion in war-funding have a far-reaching and unmistakable significance that will find an inevitable reflection in the political consciousness of broad masses of the American people.
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- US Congress ratifies Democratic cave-in on Iraq war funding
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  The US House of Representatives and Senate voted Thursday to approve an additional $100 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with Democrats supplying ample votes in both chambers to give President Bush all of the money he requested and a free hand to further escalate the military violence in Iraq.
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- Democrats drop withdrawal deadlines as administration mulls post-surge Iraq
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  With just days left until Congress goes into its Memorial Day recess, the Democratic leadership has reportedly dropped any proposal for a timeline for partial withdrawal of US troops from Iraq as part of a new war-funding bill.
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Jeff comments on:
Lieberman Contributed to GOP Senate, House Candidates - Capitol Briefing
I'm glad obama compromised by keeping Lieberman in but I long for the day when there are 65 senate dems so he can be more equitably dealth with...
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pongpong comments on:
Yahoo! Buzz: The Elephant's No Longer in the Room

This is a great service!

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theangryindian comments on:
Obama vows to back Bush's war commander

Surprised?

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Damianmann comments on:
Obama vows to back Bush's war commander

ACK!!!

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2:16 pm 4/29/08
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The Obama "mistake": Breaking the taboo on discussing class in America

Sandy…that’s EXACTLY what his point was. Patrick Martin missed the point completely.

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1:31 am 4/23/08
Damianmann comments on:
The Obama "mistake": Breaking the taboo on discussing class in America

Bill Clinton wanted to be the left-wing Reagan. Wouldn’t you say? He was after those same voters.

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11:44 pm 4/17/08
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The Obama "mistake": Breaking the taboo on discussing class in America

Also:
"Thomas Frank wrote a best-selling book four years ago (What’s the Matter with Kansas?), which examined this process in his home state, and his conclusions about the use of coded appeals to religion to induce voters to ignore their own economic interests have become conventional wisdom in ruling class political and media circles.

"While Frank’s book had certain insights into American culture and politics, he ignored the most fundamental factor enabling the Republican appeals to prejudice and backwardness to produce electoral successes—the drastic shift by the Democratic Party to the right and its abandonment of any policies to alleviate economic inequality or improve living conditions for working people.
—Patrick Martin, "US media, Clinton assail Obama for ‘bitter’ truth, World Socialist Web Site, 14 April 2008.

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Damian proudly worked to elect Barack Obama and turn Nevada blue.
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