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Political NewsDemocracy in the EU InstitutionsSaturday, June 14th, 2008 Blair Watch | There is much debate over the Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty, but what I'm finding interesting is how a democratic decision by an electorate is regarded in the EU institutions. Remember, most nations have ratified the treaty by shoving it through their national parliament, often with little debate.
How people respond and react will say a ...
Bush Pledges on Iraq Bases Pact Were a RuseSaturday, June 14th, 2008 By Gareth Porter - Inter Press Service | WASHINGTON - Two key pledges made by the George W. Bush administration on military bases in its negotiations with the government of Iraq have now been revealed as carefully-worded ruses aimed at concealing U.S. negotiating aims from both U.S. citizens and Iraqis who would object to them if they were made clear.
Recent statements ...
US Congressman Moves to Impeach BushWednesday, June 11th, 2008 Belfast Telegraph | Former Democratic presidential contender, Dennis Kucinich, has called for the impeachment of George W Bush claiming that the president set out to deceive the nation, and violated his oath of office with the Iraq war.
The Ohio representative yesterday introduced 35 articles of impeachment against Bush on the floor of the US House of Representatives.
Kucinich unveiled a ...
Can the US empire strike back?Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 By Alex Callinicos | Despite opposing the war, Obama is committed to US imperialism. Imagine, in a galaxy far, far away, an empire in decline. A disastrous military adventure and the rise of new powers have exposed its weakness. To cap it all, the emperor himself is generally despised as a provincial clod.
But now his successor has to be chosen. ...
The Heinous Crimes of George W. Bush in 35 Articles of ImpeachmentWednesday, June 11th, 2008 By Elaine Brower & Cheryl Abraham | Monday, June 9, 2008 was an astoundingly historic night for the United States of America. In the evening a mild mannered Congressman named Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) took to the floor of the House of Representatives and began to read a startling document, a document laying out 35 articles of impeachment against George ...
World’s top scientists say G8 must lead way on carbon captureTuesday, June 10th, 2008 G8 governments must lead the way in developing technology to catch carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations as part of immediate action on climate change, scientists urged today. The national science academies in the G8 countries - along with those of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa - called on their leaders to take measures to cut emissions and ...
Democrats introduce bill to outlaw Pentagon propagandaTuesday, June 10th, 2008 By Muriel Kane | Last April, the New York Times revealed that retired officers serving as military analysts on television news shows had regularly been briefed by the Pentagon and supplied with pro-war and pro-administration talking points.The program was "temporarily suspended" by the Pentagon a week later. Now four senators have introduced legislation to prevent it from resuming.
Senators ...
Fisk: The West’s weapon of self-delusionTuesday, June 10th, 2008 By Robert Fisk | So they are it again, the great and the good of American democracy, grovelling and fawning to the Israeli lobbyists of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), repeatedly allying themselves to the cause of another country and one that is continuing to steal Arab land.
Will this ever end? Even Barack Obama – or "Mr Baracka" as ...
House Democrats Want Bush Admin Investigated for War CrimesMonday, June 9th, 2008 By Jason Leopold | House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey Friday requesting that he appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether White House officials, including President Bush, violated the War Crimes Act when they allowed interrogators to use brutal interrogation methods against detainees suspected of ties to terrorist organizations.
The letter, signed by 56 Congressional lawmakers, including ...
Have Government officials broken EU rules?Sunday, June 8th, 2008 IC Wales | QUESTIONS have been raised over whether European rules are being broken in the running of a new £92m business grant scheme. The concerns follow a meeting at the Holland House Hotel in Cardiff on Thursday, when senior Assembly Government officials briefed members of the Welsh business community about the new system.
Someone who attended the meeting, who did not ...
Clinton Suspends Her Presidential CampaignSunday, June 8th, 2008 By Paul Harris | Hillary Clinton yesterday suspended her bid to become America's first woman president and vowed to help Barack Obama in his fight to win the White House for the Democratic party.
In a gracious, emotional concession speech, Clinton spoke movingly of her long campaign and thanked all those who had supported her. But she left ...
Iraq: New US plan for total controlSaturday, June 7th, 2008 Socialist Worker | Revealed: George Bush’s plan to impose ‘security accords’ that will mean 400 permanent military bases and US personnel given green light to kill. George Bush is ending the pretence that Iraq is a “democratic state”. He is imposing new “security accords” that will strip the country of its sovereignty and allow it to be used as ...
Senate Intelligence Report: Can You Say “Impeachment”?Saturday, June 7th, 2008 The Progressive | With the release of the Senate Select Committee Report, impeachment is more urgent than ever. Here we have the proof that the President and the Vice President repeatedly misled the nation into war.
They failed to acknowledge uncertainties within the intelligence community over Saddam’s alleged nuclear weapons program and his biological and chemical weapons.
They fast-forwarded the timeline ...
John Major to speak against 42 day terror lawSaturday, June 7th, 2008 By Rosa Prince | Sir John Major, the former Prime Minister, is preparing to make a rare intervention into domestic policies by speaking out against Government plans to increase detention without trial to 42 days.
In private, Sir John has been telling friends for some time that he believes the plans to be profoundly illiberal and counter productive in the campaign ...
Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?Saturday, June 7th, 2008 By John Walcott | Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have "been used as agents of a foreign intelligence service ... to reach into and influence the highest levels of the U.S. government," a Senate Intelligence Committee report said Thursday.A top aide ...
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