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  • News Analysis: As Norway Goes: Old Europe Tilts to the Left
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by CONN HALLINAN
    Following Norway’s Sept. 12 elections that saw a green-red coalition turn out a pro-business, anti-immigrant center-right government, the German daily, Die Tageszeitung, mused that “perhaps people in Germany could learn something from this.” It appears they did, and what they learned is likely to be repeated in Italy and France next spring.
    While the U.S. press is spinning the German elections as “inconclusive; no clear winner,” as the New York Times put it, the figures (…)

  • Italy : electoral reforms undergo revision
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Government revises bill after objections from Ciampi
    The governing coalition considered revisions to a controversial electoral reform bill on Friday in response to criticism from President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi .
    A quintet of ’wise men’ representing the four parties in Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right alliance met for almost three hours to discuss possible solutions to points raised by Ciampi’s office earlier this week .
    The government is pushing ahead with plans to switch to (…)

  • Italians living in Malta to vote for Primarie elections without leaving the country
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Chris Galea, di-ve news (cgal@di-ve.com)
    Italian citizens living in Malta will have the opportunity to vote in Malta in the Primarie elections on Sunday, October 16th, at the Alternattiva Demokratika (AD) offices in Sliema.
    The results of these elections will determine who will be the leader of the Centre-Green-Left Unione that will be facing current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Italian national elections in six months’ time.
    The politicians contesting for the Primarie (…)

  • Pietro Ingrao and Haidi Giuliani : we support Bertinotti’s candidature in the primaries
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Pietro Ingrao and Haidi Giuliani
    Beat Berlusconi! Defeat the centre-right policies which have been wrecking our country for the last four years. Set up an alternative way of governing which will also bring about a real renewal in Italian politics, culture and democracy. These are now the priorities we agree on, despite the diversity of our history and opinions. This is why we are committed to a Union victory in the 2006 elections: an alliance unprecedented in the history of Italy - one (…)

  • Political Leaders Announce Support for Re-Election of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
    8 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Jesse Jackson and Dennis Kucinich were joined by actors, historians and others in sending their support to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, just days before he faces a historic vote on the future of his administration.
    Noting the accomplishments of the Chavez administration to improve the lives of Venezuela’s impoverished majority, the joint letter expressed the signers’ "hope and expectation that, on August 15, you will once again win an electoral mandate from the Venezuelan people to be (…)

  • Texas grand jury today indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering.
    4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Oct. 3, 2005, 5:34PM
    DeLay indicted on money laundering charge Associated Press
    AUSTIN - A Texas grand jury today indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering.
    A different grand jury whose six-month term ended last week indicted him on a conspiracy charge, forcing DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader.
    Both indictments accuse DeLay and two political associates of conspiring to get around a state ban on corporate campaign contributions by (…)

  • Italy : the 16th of october. “Primary election” of the Unione ALSO THE MIGRANTS CAN VOTE
    1 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    On invite to partecipate to primary election the 16th of October and vote for FAUSTO BERTINOTTI
    In spring 2006 will take place in Italy general elections; this is an important moment to propose a new government without Berlusconi and the right forces (Lega Nord, Forza Italia, Alleanza Nazionale).
    16th October 2005:there will be “primary ELECTIONS”.
    What are “primary elections”?
    The left parties ( Ds, Margherita, Rifondazione Comunista...) are united in a coalition, the UNIONE. (…)

  • DVD Review: This Divided State (trailer)
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    We didn’t think a documentary about a pre-2004 election appearance by Michael Moore at a state college in Utah would be so riveting and provocative, but boy were we wrong. This is a film that reveals an American passion play by using a real event to symbolize the two major warring factions in the United States today.
    Basically, three young Utah filmmakers were on hand as a furious debate was unleashed in a conservative Utah town, home to Utah Valley State College, when Moore was invited to (…)

  • VIDEO: Tom DeLay Exercises His Right To Incriminate Himself
    29 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Criminally indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay yesterday laid out a strong case...against himself.
    Each of the points below were spoken verbatim by DeLay during an interview last night on Fox News (we’ve compiled them all into a single video). If this is his "defense," he’s in serious trouble.
    Watch the DeLay compilation: Quicktime Streaming I have had ethics charges filed starting in 1993 Again in 1995 A racketeering suit right after that Some more ethics charges right after (…)

  • An Open letter to Howard Dean.
    26 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This letter is in response to one sent by the DNC regarding the Roberts confirmation for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (original letter posted below my response.)
    Dear Mr. Dean,
    Although the Roberts confirmation is indeed an important issue, I think a much more important issue is voter fraud. What went down in Ohio on Nov 3, 2004 and after, is a frontal assault on our cherished Democracy. Why did Kerry concede and why did only 47 house reps led by John Conyers, and one Senator, (…)