22 October 2002
The Imminent Death of American Democracy... Starting in Missouri
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Harvey Wasserman
Two hundred years of American democracy could definitively end November 5, starting in Missouri.

No matter what happens in the overall election, the race for the US Senate seat from Missouri will determine who controls the...
16 October 2002
Vindication through violence. Jimmy Carter and the D.C. sniper
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Alexander Cockburn
An entire nation is trying to figure out a profile of the sniper who, at time of writing, has killed nine people in the suburban Washington, D.C. area. My portrait: A guy, of course. Ex-military, possibly in Special Forces or like Timothy...
09 October 2002
Dockers and capitalists
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Alexander Cockburn
Here are 10,500 dockworkers locked out at every port on the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego, with the shipping and terminal operators and big retail chains like Wal-Mart begging Bush to help them break the International Longshore and...
09 October 2002
In the 2002 Election, The Issue is Unchecked Power
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Harvey Wasserman
Is this the most important election in US history?

With his TV talk of war, George W. Bush has blown smoke over what's really at stake today: the future of democracy. Not in Iraq; here in the United States.

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09 October 2002
'The Death of White Racism' -- Part Two of Two
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Dr. Manning Marable
Since the racist three-fifths compromise in 1787, the U.S. government has been largely designed to perpetuate undemocratic, unequal power for white elites at the expense of nonwhites and the majority of the white population as well. Since...
09 October 2002
'In Defense of Black Reparations' -- Part Two of Two
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Dr. Manning Marable
In recent months, momentum for black reparations has continued to build. In June 2002, members of the New York City Council held hearings to discuss whether a public commission should be established to examine the question of reparations...

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