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“Those that underestimate the popular opposition don’t know what they are talking about”
By Luis Hernández Navarro La Jornada
A profound political crisis is shaking up the country. The rules that regulate the balance of power between elites have been violated. From above, there is no agreement or any possibility for one in the short term. The occupation of the lectern of the Palace of San Lázaro (the Chamber of Deputies, lower house of the Mexican Congress) by legislators (…)

These people haven’t ’Changed’ ! They’ve actually gotten more vicious and deceptive. SPEAK THE TRUTH TO EVERYONE YOU SEE WHO WILL LISTEN. SURE- IT MAY BE TOO LATE. BUT STILL ACT DECENTLY - SPEAK THE TRUTH AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
SHOW PEOPLE THESE FACTUAL DOCUMENTARIES - TALK ABOUT THEM. SEND THEM THE ADDRESS.
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The confirmation of the conservative candidate as the victor of Mexico’s presidential election will spark a huge social explosion.
by Roger Burbach
Mexico moved one step closer to a social explosion with the Federal Election Tribunal’s decision to crown conservative Felipe Calderon as the victor in the hotly contested presidential elections of July 2. The tribunal acknowledged Calderon’s campaign had "violated the norms of public order," particularly with the role played by the business (…)

by Ivan Eland
The outspoken President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has challenged President Bush to debate U.S.-Iran relations. Bush has dismissed the offer and declined. Debate is not good-faith negotiation between the opposing parties, but it is better than nothing. And it might not be as one-sided as most Americans think. We could certainly fantasize about how such a debate might play out.
President Bush, of course, would begin by accusing Iran of support for the “Islamo-fascist” group (…)

By Nicola Nasser* The Palestinians have been too grateful and too helpless for too long to be critical of the political agenda of their donors who have practically nailed them down as political hostages to the donors’ money, which was promised initially to help build an independent Palestinian state, but ended as a political instrument effectively used by the Israeli occupying power. Donors have embroiled themselves in an internal Palestinian political crisis they themselves created when (…)

The prime minister sealed his fate by signing up in full to a policy now recognised by most Americans as a disaster
by Jonathan Freedland
The Americans can’t quite believe it. Getting rid of Tony Blair? Are you Brits crazy? Like Thatcher before him, Blair finds that the acclaim abroad lingers even when there is derision at home. Maggie was a legend in the States when she was shoved aside by the Tories, and the same is true of Blair. When he does his farewell tour - part Sinatra, part (…)

by Uri Avnery
I ONCE saw a nice sketch in a political cabaret: on the stage several people were speaking in unconnected sentences, all of which ended with the word "but". For example: "Some of my best friends are Jews, but...", "I have nothing against blacks, but...", "I really detest racism, but..."
During the recent war, I frequently heard similar phrases: "I am a leftist, but..." These words were invariably - but invariably! - followed by a rightist statement.
It seems that we have (…)

Weldon seeks plan for Iraq withdrawal
By Alexander Bolton, September 7, 2006
The second-ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, who is a strong supporter of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, has drafted a resolution that would give military commanders - instead of President Bush or Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld - decision-making authority over when American troops should return home.
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), the vice chairman of the Armed Services panel and (…)

France rejects "war on terror"
Thu Sep 7, 8:27 AM ET
PARIS (Reuters) - France issued an implicit criticism of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a "war on terror."
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, speaking in parliament, expressed these views on global terrorism, while President Jacques Chirac backed France’s claims to the international front rank with a fresh defense of his country’s nuclear arsenal.
Villepin noted Chirac’s strong opposition to the U.S.-led (…)

Imagine if Iran was the US and the US Iran
reposted from By Jupiter
In 1953 a group of Iranians overthrew the democratic American government via a coup orchestrated from the Iranian embassy in Washington. Using covert methods, propaganda broadcasts, bribery, coercion and hired agents to facilitate violence the Iranians were able to install an Iranian friendly American Emperor who then allowed them to extract half the oil in Texas.
This state of affairs continued until a group of (…)