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• Video : Malalai Joya on Democracy Now

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 439
  As stated previously , I do not necessarily agree with much of what Malalai Joya says nor do I agree with her methods, however as also stated previously , Ms. Joya is symbolic of the kind of voices that cannot be silenced if Afghanistan is to ever have a true democracy. Whether this democracy comes organically from ...
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• Two and three decades on..

  
  Sunny spells and scattered showers — Authority: 103
  Photo: GothPhil (Flickr - cc licensed) Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event I remember as if it were yesterday. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the high point of an astonishing period in world history, beginning with the fall of the Polish government in June 1989 and ...
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• David Swanson: How to End Wars

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  If you want to stop funding wars, or even just the escalation of wars, the easiest way is to just not fund them. This can be done in the House alone. The Senate is not needed. The president is not needed. Rather than passing a bill stating that you wont fund wars, and then dreaming about getting the Senate to pass it ...
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• A note about the recent elections (yes, we’re nuts)

  
  Fabius Maximus — Authority: 558
  One core reality too-often ignored in post-election analysis:  the role of the economy.  Americans tend to vote their pocketbook in elections to Congress and the Presidency.This is nuts, on many levels.Who sets economic policy?How long between policy changes and results?How do policy-makers navigate?But at least ...
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• The fifth tradition (part 4 of 6): A five point plan for the organisation of the Labour left

  
  Though Cowards Flinch — Authority: 516
  Introduction This is the first section of the fourth part of six parts in an occasional series on the future of the left and the Labour party, which I call the Fifth Tradition , combining as it does important elements of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd traditions that have marked out the history Labour party, but not the ...
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• absurdity

  
  ~synthesis~ — Authority: 413
  The recent healthcare debate has been angst-ridden to say the least. With something this big, everyones bound to have issues, and compromise is the word of the day. But theres a limit isnt there? The New York Times singled out two constituencies today - overweight people , and people who care about abortion rights ...
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• That watery wall left

  
  Venezuela News And Views — Authority: 423
  Tomorrow we are celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. 20 years! I still remember how stunned I was when I heard the news coming back from work. I lived in Baltimore then, and I think I spent half an hour in the parking lot until I finally left the car radio to go for the TV and start a round of phone calls to ...
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• Obama Draws Criticism for Sitting Out Berlin Wall Anniversary

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  The president does not plan to travel to Germany to attend the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the fall of the Berlin Wall, drawing heated criticism from those who say hes ignoring a shining triumph of American-inspired democracy. In this July 24, 2008, photo, then-Sen. Barack Obama is seen greeting the crowd ...
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• information & communication

  
  punkscience — Authority: 411
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Read this. Its a fascinating little polemic. Im downloading the torrent of the film as I type, which- also interestingly- was released under a Creative Commons licence.Its kind of related to this previous, information-related rant.
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• *A Snapshot View Of The Leaders Of The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution- "Nikky" Bukharin

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 145
  Click on title to link to Wikipedias entry for the 1917 Bolshevik revolutionary leader, writer and early Left Communist oppositionist Nicolas Bukharin. I want to spend more time on this revolutionary, his early leftism, his subsequent rightist (right Communist, that is) bloc with Stalin and his place in Soviet ...
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• “Wir wollen rüber!”

  
  Shiraz Socialist — Authority: 424
  East Berlin 09/11/89, 21:30 By now, crowds are building at crossing points. At Bornholmer Strasse nearly a thousand people press to be let through, chanting “Wir wollen rüber!” (“We want to go over!”). A kilometre long line of puffing Trabant and Wartburg two-stroke cars sit behind them as 52 armed border ...
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• *From The Pen Of Early Soviet Culture Commissar Anatol Lunacharsky- Yulii Martov

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 145
  Click on title to link to early Bolshevik Culture and Education Commissar Anatol Lunacharskys profile of left-Menshevik leader Yulii Martov from his 1923 "Revolutionary Silhouettes". Lunarcharsky may have been a "soft" Bolshevik but he had insights into the Bolshevik leadership (and here into the softness of the best ...
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• Poor Pakistan

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 525
  by Bilal QureshiInsanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert EinsteinWe all know that Pakistan’s overall situation has been dedeteriorating for decades and it has entered a critical phase. And, regretfully, it seems that there is nothing that is going to reverse the tide ...
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• November 9-15 Oakland Political & Community Events

  
  Living in the O — Authority: 116
  Monday, November 9th – Town Hall with Mayor Dellums and Police Chief Batts Come hear Mayor Dellums and Chief Batts share their vision of public safety. Topics include: Mayor Dellums — public safety strategy: PIES (Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement, Sustainability) Chief Batts — vision for the Oakland ...
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• Because bigger is better...right??

  
  What Would Jack Do? — Authority: 485
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• Rotten Tree of Democarcy Must Be Uprooted

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 529
  Talha Mujaddidi“Another such victory and we have had it”, King Pyrrhus of EpirusThis ancient quote comes to mind after witnessing the latest run of CIA imposed democracy in Pakistan. The old crooks back with gloss and glitter. The biggest crook getting the biggest prize, the Presidency, the rest of the goons ...
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• Open Letters: Dear Congressman John Carter (R, TX)

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 146
  Congressman John Carter of Texas 31st District has me on his mailing list. I dont know why. I dont live in Texas, and to be brutally honest I cant think of a single issue that hes dropped in my in box that I agree with him on. That by itself is hardly unique. After all there are at least two legislators from ...
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• Cold War relics that do more to threaten America’s national security than to protect it

  
  Opinione — Authority: 125
  The field of political science is an academic discipline that studies political power. When that field of study is trained on Washington D.C. and a political scientist wants to examine which institutions and organizations in the national government have the most power, the two most prominent institutions are the ...
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• Rising of the Moon: Sindhis Demand Freedom

  
  Sherryx's Weblog — Authority: 112
  Sultani-e-Jumhoor ka aata he zamana Jo Naqash-e-kuhan tum ku nazer aye mita do Sindhies come out in thousands to demand freedom! The oppressed nationalities of Pakistan are now demanding their rights. The ruling elite and its allied middle classes are devoting all their energies to destroy PPP, but their acts are ...
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