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  • New German Left gains momentum
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Ray Furlong
    Veteran east German pop group Die Puhdys are piped out across a small crowd of mostly grey-haired holidaymakers, gathered around the stands selling smoked fish near the beach.
    The small resort of Glowe, on the Baltic island of Ruegen, is witness to one of the first rallies of the election campaign.
    The sun is shining and the atmosphere is relaxed as Lothar Bisky, leader of the reformed communist party, the PDS, tells the crowd that "East Germany will have a voice again" (…)

  • Koizumi commits political suicide
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By J Sean Curtin
    After weeks of fierce political infighting within the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japan’s Upper House of parliament has decisively rejected the flagship postal privatization bills of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, by 125 to 108 votes.
    Even though the LDP and its coalition partner, New Komeito, hold a majority in the 242-seat upper chamber, many members of the fractious LDP joined the opposition to vote down the crucial bills, which were a vital component (…)

  • US LIBERTARIANS AND DEMOCRATS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN ELECTION REFORM
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Libertarians and Democrats Take Center Stage in Florida Election Reform Added: (Thu Jul 28 2005) Libertarians and Democrats Take Center Stage in Florida Election Reform
    Florida Election Reform
    Election Reform efforts by an unusual coalition of Libertarians, Democrats and community groups is the number one GOOGLE story on election reform in Florida, outdoing the Governor’s own reform bill.
    "Our phone is constantly busy. People are sick of the situation and welcome imaginative action," (…)

  • FLORIDA LIBERTARIAN RADIO SHOW HAS INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING
    4 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    FLORIDA LIBERTARIAN RADIO SHOW HAS INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING St Petersburg, FL— On Tuesday night—Wednesday morning his time—student Toni Rotger of Barcelona, Spain, tunes in with numerous other listeners there to hear, webcast at the site, the hard hitting Libertarian word from distant Florida.
    FreedomWorks! ...The Libertarian Perspective (http://www.TheFreedomWorks.org ) has over nearly 3 years established a reputation as not only a delightfully quirky show looking at what Libertarians, (…)

  • Germany : social Justice or Economic Folly?
    2 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The new hard-left grouping in Germany, the Left Party, is sending tremors across the political landscape. But, the party’s economic program has industry groups and economists shaking their heads, and worrying.
    It calls itself the Left Party, die Linkspartei in German, and it’s making an already unusual election campaign even stranger. Made up of the successors to East Germany’s communist party, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), and disaffected left-wingers who split off from the (…)

  • New Theft Charges In 2004 Election
    30 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/072905B.shtml
    http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1387
    Dramatic New Charges Deepen Link between Ohio’s "Coingate," Voinovich Mob Connections, and the Theft of the 2004 Election By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman The Columbus Free Press
    Friday 29 July 2005
    Columbus - New charges filed against Ohio Governor Bob Taft’s former top aide have blazed a new trail between "Coingate" and the GOP theft of the 2004 (…)

  • Video interview - Citizens in NC whose votes were lost - speak out
    29 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Computer Really Did Eat Their Votes, and They Are Still Mad!
    The CARTERET COALITION FOR VERIFIED VOTING (CCVV), a non partisan grassroots group announces the release of a video message to North Carolina lawmakers and to the rest of the country:
    The message is available online here, watch this compelling reality tv style video: Windows machines try (this uses Windows Media Player) Other machines use (this uses Quick-time, doesn’t seem to work on Windows machines well) (It’s (…)

  • Roberts had larger 2000 recount role
    28 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    U.S. SUPREME COURT Roberts had larger 2000 recount role The role of U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in the 2000 election aftermath in Florida was larger than has been reported. Roberts helped prepare the Supreme Court case. By MARC CAPUTO mcaputo@herald.com
    TALLAHASSEE - U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts played a broader behind-the-scenes role for the Republican camp in the aftermath of the 2000 election than previously reported — as legal consultant, lawsuit editor and prep (…)

  • Report of covert aid to Iraqi candidates
    19 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    New Yorker article says U.S. followed secret plan, despite Congress’ objections
    by Douglas Jehl, David E. Sanger, New York Times
    Washington — In the months before the Iraqi elections in January, President Bush approved a plan to provide covert support to certain Iraqi candidates and political parties but rescinded the proposal because of congressional opposition, current and former government officials said Saturday.
    In a statement issued in response to questions about a report in the (…)

  • Election Fraud: Team Bush Paid 8 Million for Dirty Tricks to suppress votes-and Tried to Hide It
    13 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    In the months before the 2004 presidential election, a firm called Sproul & Associates launched voter registration drives in at least eight states, most of them swing states. The group—run by Nathan Sproul, former head of the Arizona Christian Coalition and the Arizona Republican Party—had been hired by the Republican National Committee.
    Sproul got into a bit of trouble last fall when, in certain states, it came out that the firm was playing dirty tricks in order to suppress the (…)