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New Spy Software Coming On-Line: "Surveillance in a Box" Makes its Debut

By Tom Burghart
From globalresearch.ca
August 29th, 2008
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globalresearch.ca — You've heard of the FBI's "Quantico Circuit" and were outraged by illegal warrantless wiretapping by Bushist minions. To no avail, you flooded Congress with emails and phone calls, angered by the bipartisan "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" and the swell party thrown by AT&T for "Blue Dog" Democrats in Denver this week for the convention.

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Georgia and Kosovo: A Single Intertwined Crisis

By Philip Palij
August 29th, 2008

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Support the Employee Free Choice Act

By Terrance Heath
August 29th, 2008

Sign the petition to support the Employee Free Choice Act, and make America work for working families again.

Labor Day is here, yet working families in America are having more trouble than ever before making ends meet. Meanwhile, conservatives have undermined the rights of working Americans, and undermined the collective bargaining that once helped working Americans fight for fair and safe workplaces. The system for bargaining with employers and forming unions has been intentionally broken. The Employee Free Choice Act is a chance to fix it. more »

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For NIXONLAND Nerds

By Rick Perlstein
August 29th, 2008

I'm at the American Political Science Association convention in Boston so I won't be blogging today—but check back here early and often next week, when I'll be typing up a storm from the Republican convention in St. Paul. more »

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Obama Convention Speech Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election '08

By David Sirota
August 28th, 2008

If his convention speech tonight is any indication, Barack Obama has (finally) signaled that progressive economic populism is going to be the central thrust of Democrats campaign in the stretch run of the 2008 election.

The speech is probably the most populist national speech Obama has given. more »

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Convention Dispatch: Dinner with the Ruling Class, Lunch In the Police State

By David Sirota
August 28th, 2008

As the world waits to hear Barack Obama's message of change tonight at Invesco Field, I am still marveling at how I got to eat dinner last night with the American ruling class. more »

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Bed-wetter Nation (2)

By Rick Perlstein
August 28th, 2008

A while back I did apost that got a lot of attention on how much more confidence and character the American nation enjoyed before the conservative ascendency turned us all into a bunch of pants-piddling cowards. Here's another interesting illustration, from roundabout San Diego, courtesy of more »

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The Rise of 'The Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party'

By David Sirota
August 28th, 2008

Despite the personality tiff between the Obama and Clinton people, and despite some blemishes on Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden's record, one thing is undebatable: The progressive wing of the Democratic Party—the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, as Paul Wellstone famously called it—has finally defeated the party's corporate wing. But there's much more work to do. more »

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What Would You Do If You Had Guaranteed Health Care?

By Sara Robinson
August 26th, 2008

This was the Campaign for America's Future's Big Afternoon at the Big Tent. CAF took over the Digg Stage (the entire upstairs floor of The Big Tent) for a series of four panels addressing some of the Big Questions we wrestle with here. more »

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New U.S. Census Data: Same Reality

By Alex Carter
August 26th, 2008

Newly released data by the United States Census Bureau continues to show how much President George W. Bush has ravaged the American economic landscape. more »

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